Sheberghān

Sheberghān, also spelled Shebirghan, town, northern Afghanistan. Sheberghān is situated 80 miles (130 km) west of Mazār-e Sharīf, 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. Sheberghān 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.