Shebartoo (Dari/Hazaragi language: شیبرتو/شبرتو, Dasht-e Shebartu) is a plain

Plain

In geography, a plain is land with relatively low relief, that is flat or gently rolling. Prairies and steppes are types of plains, and the archetype for a plain is often thought of as a grassland, but plains in their natural state may also be covered in shrublands, woodland and forest, or...

 in Shahidan (Shaidan) district

Shahidan

Shahidan / شهیدان is located in Bamiyan., about 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...

, west of Bamiyan city, the provincial capital of Bamiyan Province

Bamiyan Province

Bamyan Province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the centre of the country. Its capital is also called Bamyan. The majority of the population are Hazaras, with 16% Sadat, 15% Tajiks, and Pashtuns and Tatars in smaller numbers...

. The Shebartoo lies on the Bamiyan — Band-e Amir

Band-e Amir

Band-e Amir is a series of six deep blue lakes separated by natural dams made of travertine, a mineral deposit. The lakes are situated in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Central Afghanistan at approximately 3000 meters of elevation, west of the famous Buddhas of Bamiyan.They were created by the carbon...

 — Yakawlang

Yakawlang

Yakawlang was a city of 65,000 people in Yakawlang District, Bamyan Province, Afghanistan. It is the capital of Yakawlang District with an altitude of 2714 m...

 road, about half-way between the Bamiyan valley and the Band-e Amir lakes.

The seven villages located on the Shebartoo are:

• • Pirdad : پیرداد
  • Habashi : حبشی
  • Eikhtiyaran : اختیاران
  • Kaj : کج
  • Goombazi :گومبزی
  • Sarma Ghol : سرما قول
  • Bum-e Shibar : بوم شیبر

Population

The people who live on the Shebartoo are known as the Shebartoo Hazara.

Airport

The gravel strip known as Shebartoo Airport, which is also called Bamiyan Airport (ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...

: OABN; IATA: BIN), is the main airport for Bamiyan Province.

Further reading

• Weber, Olivier (2006) "Chapitre 52: Vallon de Shebartu" Le grand festin de l'Orient ("Chapter 52: Shebartu Valley" The Great Feast of the East) R. Laffont, Paris, ISBN 2-266-14997-0, in French; an earlier edition by the same publisher was published in 2004, ISBN 2-221-09802-1