Shahidan / شهیدان (also Shaidan, Dari/
Hazaragi language: شیدان) is located in
Bamiyan
Bamyan or Bamyan Valley (); ( prs, بامیان) also spelled Bamiyan or Bamian is the capital of Bamyan Province in central Afghanistan. Its population of approximately 70,000 people makes it the largest city in Hazarajat. Bamyan is at an alti ...
., about {{convert, 260, km, mi, abbr=on northwest of
Kabul and west of
Bamiyan city, the provincial capital of
Bamiyan Province
Bamyan Province ( prs, ولایت بامیان) also spelled Bamiyan, Bāmīān or Bāmyān is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central highlands of the Afghanistan.
The terrain in Bamyan is mountainous or semi-m ...
. A large place between two famous mountain ranges
Koh-i-Baba and
Hindu Kush.
Shahidan had a population of 25,500. Also a large part of Shahidan people are as refugees outside the country, especially in Iran and Pakistan.
In Shahidan there are 72 villages, and also some of the villages and inhabitant of Sayghan and Yakaolang are attached to Shahidan than their districts (Sayghan and Yakaolang), all constitute the eight Taghab (Taghab = larger than village) of Shahidan .
The eight Tagabs of Shahidan:
*
Barikye (of) Shahidan
*
Shaidan or Shahidan
*
Shebartoo
*
Gharghanatoo
*
Achaghol
*
Akh-shay
* unknown
*
Gonbad
Bamiayn and Shahidan were razed by the Taliban as they fled the region in late 2001 and earlier.
Populated places in Bamyan Province