Bamyan

Summary

Bamyan is a city^[1]. Bamyan ranks in the top 10% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (307 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bamyan was a member of Creative Cities Network^[3].
• Bamyan is located in Bamyan District^[4].
• Bamyan is in the country of Afghanistan^[5].
• Bamyan's image is recorded as Bamiyan Buddhas Burnes.jpg^[6].
• Bamyan's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Bamyan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315531401^[8].
• Bamyan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 250534949^[9].
• Bamyan's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2012029934^[10].
• Bamyan's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15303518j^[11].
• Bamyan's Commons category is recorded as Bamyan^[12].
• Bamyan's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+04:30^[13].
• -2800-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bamyan^[14].
• Bamyan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.816666666667, 'lon': 67.816666666667}^[15].
• Bamyan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0403l6g^[16].
• Bamyan's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0321779^[17].
• Bamyan's significant event is recorded as Siege of Bamyan^[18].
• Bamyan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bamyan^[19].
• Bamyan's page banner is recorded as Bamiyan Mountains (Afghanistan) banner.jpg^[20].
• Bamyan's population is recorded as {'amount': '+100000'}^[21].
• Bamyan's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0007179^[22].
• Bamyan's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• Bamyan's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Bamyan's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Bamyan's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon^[26].
• Bamyan's capital of is recorded as Bamyan Province^[27].

Body

Geography

Bamyan is in the country of Afghanistan^[5]. Bamyan is located in Bamyan District^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Bamyan's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+35'}^[28]. Bamyan's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2550'}^[29]. Bamyan's population is recorded as {'amount': '+100000'}^[21].

Designation and Status

Bamyan's instance of is recorded as city^[7].

History and Context

-2800-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bamyan^[14].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bamyan include Bamyan Airport^[30], an airport^[31], in Afghanistan^[32].

Why It Matters

Bamyan ranks in the top 10% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (307 views/month).^[2] Bamyan has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Bamyan is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Bamyan include Bamyan Airport^[30], an airport^[31], in Afghanistan^[32].