Sheberghan

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Sheberghan is a city in northern Afghanistan that serves as a political and military stronghold of Uzbek leader Abdul Rashid Dostum.

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Sheberghan canonical 7

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
administrativeDivision Sheberghan District ⓘ
climate cold semi-arid climate ⓘ
climateClassification Köppen BSk ⓘ
controlledBy Junbish-e Milli forces (various periods) ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
distanceFrom about 130 km west of Mazar-i-Sharif ⓘ
about 550 km northwest of Kabul ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
natural gas production ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Pashtuns ⓘ
Tajiks ⓘ
Turkmens ⓘ
Uzbeks ⓘ
governorOfficeLocation Jowzjan provincial governor ⓘ
hasAirport Sheberghan Airport ⓘ
hasFacility hospitals ⓘ
military bases ⓘ
provincial government offices ⓘ
schools ⓘ
historicalName Jowzjan ⓘ
linked to: Jowzjan Province
historicalRegion Greater Khorasan ⓘ
linked to: Khorasan
isCapitalOf Jowzjan Province ⓘ
locatedIn Jowzjan Province ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Afghanistan ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Sari Pul River ⓘ
majoritySect Sunni Islam ⓘ
militaryStrongholdOf Abdul Rashid Dostum ⓘ
nearbyGasField Jarquduq gas field ⓘ
Khowaja Gogerdak gas field ⓘ
Yatimtaq gas field ⓘ
nearbyNaturalResource natural gas fields ⓘ
notableEvent fighting during the 2001 U.S.-led intervention ⓘ
site of conflict during Afghan civil wars ⓘ
notableLeaderAssociated Abdul Rashid Dostum ⓘ
politicalStrongholdOf Abdul Rashid Dostum ⓘ
populationEstimate over 100,000 inhabitants ⓘ
primaryLanguage Dari ⓘ
Uzbek ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
roadConnection Andkhoy ⓘ
Kabul ⓘ
Mazar-i-Sharif ⓘ
strategicImportance base for Uzbek militias ⓘ
transport hub in northern Afghanistan ⓘ
timeZone UTC+4:30 ⓘ
transportInfrastructure regional highways ⓘ

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