Sheberghan (also spelled Shebirghan and Shibarghan) is the capital city of the northern Jowzjan Province in Afghanistan. Jowzjan province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...

Location

Sheberghan is located at 36°39′55″N, 65°45′08″Ealong the Safid River banks, about 130 km (80 miles) west of Mazar-e Sharif on the national primary ring road Herat-Kandahar-Kabul-Mazar-e Sharif-Sheberghan-Mehmana-Herat. The Safid River is the name of a river in Afghanistan, not to be confused with the Sefid Rud in Iran. ... Blue Mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif Mazār-e SharÄ«f, also known as Mazar-e-Sharif, Mazar-i Sharif and Mazar-i-Sharif (in Persian مزار شریف), is the biggest city in northern Afghanistan and the capital of Balkh province. ... Herāt (Persian هرات) is a city in western Afghanistan, in the valley of the Hari Rud river in the province also known as Herat, and was traditionally known for wine. ... Kandahār (or Qandahār, قندهار) is a city in southern Afghanistan, the capital of Kandahar province. ... View of Kabul (2001/2) Kabul Kabul (34°32′N 69°10′E, Kâbl, in Persian کابل) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously estimated at 2 to 4 million. ... Blue Mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif Mazār-e SharÄ«f, also known as Mazar-e-Sharif, Mazar-i Sharif and Mazar-i-Sharif (in Persian مزار شریف), is the biggest city in northern Afghanistan and the capital of Balkh province. ... Herāt (Persian هرات) is a city in western Afghanistan, in the valley of the Hari Rud river in the province also known as Herat, and was traditionally known for wine. ...

History

Sheberghan was once the capital of an independent Uzbek khanate that was allotted to Afghanistan by the 1873 Anglo-Russian border agreement. For the Star Trek character see Khan Noonien Singh. ...

Sheberghan was the site of the Dasht-i-Leili massacre in December 2001 during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan where between 250 and 3,000 (depending on sources) Taliban prisoners were shot and/or suffocated to death in metal truck containers, while being transferred by U.S. and Northern Alliance soldiers from Kunduz to Sheberghan prison. The Dasht-i-Leili massacre occurred in December 2001 during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan where between 250 and 3,000 (depending on sources) Taliban prisoners were shot and/or suffocated to death in metal truck containers, while being transferred by U.S. and Northern Alliance soldiers from Kunduz... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... For other uses of this term, see Taliban (disambiguation) Flag flown by the Taliban. ... Kunduz cotton was one of Afghanistans greatest assets. ...

Sheberghan was the stronghold of Uzbek warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostum, who had been vying with his Tajik rival General Mohammed Atta for control of northern Afghanistan. General Abdul Rashid Dostum (also Abdurrashid Dostum, born 1954) is the Deputy Defense Minister of Afghanistan and an ethnic Uzbek warlord. ... The Tajiks are one of the principal ethnic groups of Central Asia, and are primarily found in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Pakistan, and the Xinjiang province of China. ... Mohammed Atta is the current governor of Afghanistans Balkh Province. ...

Economy

Sheberghan is surrounded by irrigated agricultural land.

With Soviet assistance, exploition of Afghanistan's natural gas reserves began in 1967 at the Khowaja Gogerak field, 15 kilometers east of Sheberghan in Jowzjan Province. The field's reserves were thought to be 67 billion cubic meters. In 1967, the Soviets also completed a 100-kilometer gas pipeline linking Keleft in the Soviet Union with Sheberghan. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sheberghan is important in the energy infrastructure of Afghanistan:

• The Zomrad Sai Oilfield is situated near Sheberghan
• The Sheberghan Topping Plant processes crude oil for consumption in heating boilers in Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif and Sheberghan
• The Jorqaduk, Khowaja Gogerak, and Yatimtaq gas fields are all located within 20 miles of Sheberghan