What is Bamyan Province?
{{Infobox settlement |name=Bamyan |native_name = بامیان |native_name_lang=fa |settlement_type=[[Provinces of Afghanistan|Province]] |image_map = Afghanistan-Bamiyan.png |map_caption=The location of Bamiyan Province within Afghanistan |subdivision_type=Country |subdivision_name=[[Afghanistan]] |seat_type = [[Capital city]] |seat = [[Bamyan]] |population_as_of = 2006 |population_total = 387300 |population_footnotes=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=600&geo=-276|title=World Gazetteer|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209034844/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=600&geo=-276|archive-date=2012-12-09|access-date=2012-04-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> |coordinates={{coord|34.75|67.25|display=inline,title}} |area_total_km2=14175 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = [[UTC+4:30]] |blank_name_sec1=[[Languages of Afghanistan|Main languages]] |blank_info_sec1=[[Dari Persian]] ([[Hazaragi dialect]]) }} '''Bamyan Province''' ({{lang-fa|بامیان}}) is one of the thirty-four provinces of [[Afghanistan]]. It is in the centre of the country. Its [[capital city]] is also called [[Bamyan]]. Most of the people are [[Hazaras]], with fewer [[Tajiks]],<ref>[http://www.nps.edu/Programs/CCS/Bamyan.html Cultural and conflict Studies, Bamyan Province]</ref> and [[Pashtuns]].<ref>[http://www.mrrd.gov.af/nabdp/Provincial%20Profiles/Bamyan%20PDP%20Provincial%20profile.pdf Bamyan provincial profile]</ref> Bamyan is the largest province in the [[Hazarajat]] region of [[Afghanistan]]. It has 522,205 living in the [[Province]] which were destroyed under [[Taliban]] rule, in 2001. In the past, the province was [[Strategy|strategically]] important because of the [[Silk Road]] which passes through it. The Silk Road linked Asian countries such as [[India]] and [[China]], with [[Persia]], the [[Mediterranean region|Mediterranean]] and [[Europe]]. [[Buddhism]] used to be common, and there were many [[Buddha]]