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Touring Owpar in Afghanistan
Owpar in the region of Bāmīān is located in Afghanistan - some 80 mi or ( 129 km ) West of Kabul , the country's capital city .
Time in Owpar is now 12:48 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Kabul " with a UTC offset of 4.5 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Topchi, Soghdar, Shekh Raza, Pul-e Khumri, and Panjab. Being here already, consider visiting Topchi . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Owpar ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Historic footage of Bamiyan statues
A sequence on the Bamiyan statues from "Adventure in Afghanistan" from Hal, Halla and David Linker's television travelogue series, "The Wild, the Weird, and the Wonderful", circa 1973. The Cultural La ..
Bamiyan Tourist Information Centres - Visit Bamiyan
Bamiyan's official tourist information site. ..
Hash Bake-out
This is our drive from bamyan to Kabul, Afghanistan. It's like a 9 hour off road drive so we needed to pass the time somehow. ..
Child Photographers in Afghanistan (Help translate from Persian / Dari!)
INGULFED.com On Sar-e-Aasyab Street in Bamyan, Afghanistan, I lent a few children my camera. [See the 97 pictures they took between 5 and 6:07 pm here: picasaweb.google.com To see more pictures from B ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Buddhas of Bamiyan
The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two 6th century monumental statues of standing buddha carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, 230 km northwest of Kabul at an altitude of 2,500 meters (8,202 ft). Built in 507 AD, (smaller), and 554 AD, (larger) the statues represented the classic blended style of Gandhara art. The main bodies were hewn directly from the sandstone cliffs, but details were modeled in mud mixed with straw, coated with stucco.
Located at 34.83 67.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Bamyan Airfield
Bamyan Airfield is a former military airfield in the Bamyan Province of Afghanistan.
Located at 34.81 67.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Bamyan Airport
Bamyan Airport is an airport serving the city of Bamyan in Afghanistan.
Located at 34.81 67.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tupchi, Afghanistan
Tupchi (also Topchi, Topci, and Kala Topchi) is a village in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan.
Located at 34.82 67.97 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
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Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.