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- Shebirghan
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SheberghÄn
Afghanistan
Also known as: Shebirghan, ShibarghÄn
SheberghÄn, town, northern Afghanistan. SheberghÄn is situated 80 miles (130 km) west of MazÄr-e SharÄ«f, along the banks of the Safid River. It is surrounded by irrigated agricultural land, and it lies on a main east-west road through northern Afghanistan. SheberghÄn was once the capital of an independent Uzbek khanate that was allotted to Afghanistan by the 1873 Anglo-Russian border agreement. Pop. (2006 est.) 66,200.
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