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Explore Butai in Afghanistan

Butai in the region of Bāmīān is a place in Afghanistan - some 133 mi or ( 214 km ) West of Kabul , the country's capital city .

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Time in Butai is now 09:16 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Kabul " with a UTC offset of 4.5 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Wuluswali Bihsud, Bazar-e Yakawlang, Watapur, Sar-e Puzah, and Quchanghi. Since you are here already, consider visiting Wuluswali Bihsud . Where to go and what to see in Butai ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Yakawlang

Yakawlang (also romanized as Yakaolang) was a city of 65,000 people (est. 2000) in Yakawlang District, Bamyan Province, Afghanistan. It is the capital of Yakawlang District with an altitude of 2714 m. It was significantly destroyed by military forces in 2000-2001.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 34.73 66.97 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Bamyan Province, Hazarajat, Populated places in Bamyan Province

Hari River, Afghanistan

The Hari River or Harirud (Pashto: هری‌رود‎ Harī Rūd, sometimes Rudkhaneh-ye Hari Rud) is a river flowing 1100 kilometers from the mountains of central Afghanistan to Turkmenistan, where it disappears in the Kara-Kum desert. Rud means "river" in Pashto. In Turkmenistan it is known as the Tejen or Tedzhen river and passes close to the city of Tedzhen. In Latin, it was known as the Tarius.

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Located at 34.65 66.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Afghanistan–Iran border, International rivers of Asia, Iran–Turkmenistan border, Pre-Islamic history of Afghanistan, Rivers of Afghanistan, Rivers of Iran, Rivers of Turkmenistan

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