Bamyan Plateau
Afghanistan, Bamyan Province
Bamyan Plateau
LocationAfghanistan, Bamyan Province
RegionBamyan Province
TypeProtected Landscape
Coordinates35.0200°, 67.6200°
Established2019
Area4200
Nearest CityBamyan (35 km)
About Bamyan Plateau
Afghanistan's fifth protected area, gazetted in 2019 and covering roughly 4,200 km2 of green rolling hills, remote valleys, and steep canyons in the Hindu Kush north of Bamyan town. Managed by NEPA, it shelters the endangered Persian leopard and species found nowhere else in the country, including the southwest Eurasian badger and boreal owl.
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