Sheberghān or Shaburghān (Persian: شبرغان) ,also spelled Shebirghan and Shibarghan, is the capital city of the Jowzjan Province in northern Afghanistan. Sheberghan is located along the Safid River banks, about 130 km (80 miles) west of Mazari Sharif on the national primary ring road Herat-Kandahar-Kabul-Mazari Sharif-Sheberghan-Mehmana-Herat.

Sheberghan airport is situated between Sheberghan and Aqchah.Sheberghan was once a flourishing settlement along the Silk Road. In 1978, Soviet archaeologists discovered the famed Bactrian Hoard in the village of Tila Tepa outside Sheberghan.

In the 13th century Marco Polo visited the city and later wrote about its honey sweet melons. Sheberghan became the capital of an independent Uzbek khanate that was allotted to Afghanistan by the 1873 Anglo-Russian border agreement.

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