Shahidan Explained

Shahidan/Shaidan
Native Name:SHAHIDAN / شهیدان
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Afghanistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Bamyan Province
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Shahidan (Shaidan) district
Pushpin Map:Afghanistan
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates:34.7919°N 67.5886°W
Population Density Km2:auto

Shahidan / شهیدان (also Shaidan, Dari/Hazaragi language: شیدان) is located in Bamiyan., about 260km (160miles) northwest of Kabul and west of Bamiyan city, the provincial capital of Bamiyan Province. 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:

Bamiayn and Shahidan were razed by the Taliban as they fled the region in late 2001 and earlier.