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Bāmyān
Bamyan · Afghanistan
City population
61,863
#17
in Afghanistan
#9,311
worldwide
34.822, 67.827 · 127 km from Kabul
About Bāmyān
Bāmyān is a city in Bamyan, Afghanistan with a population of 61,863. It is the 17th largest of the 53 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Afghanistan, and the 9,311th largest worldwide. It lies 127 km from Kabul.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Bamyan
Elevation
2,550 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kabul
Coordinates
34.822, 67.827
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 53 in AfghanistanClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.