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Baharak, Afghanistan

Coordinates: 37°0′10″N 70°54′27″E / 37.00278°N 70.90750°E / 37.00278; 70.90750
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Baharak بھارک
Bahārak بھارک
Town
Baharak بھارک is located in Afghanistan
Baharak بھارک
Baharak بھارک
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 37°0′10″N 70°54′27″E / 37.00278°N 70.90750°E / 37.00278; 70.90750
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceBadakhshan
DistrictBaharak
Elevation
4,797 ft (1,462 m)
Time zone+ 4.30

Baharak is a small town and seat of Baharak District Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1] It is roughly 15 kilometers from Jurm, on the Kokcha River.[2] Baharak Girls' School was opened on December 17, 2006, by Munshi Abdul Majeed the Governor of Badakhshan Province, it serves about 3,000 girls who attend in three separate shifts during the day.[3]

Climate

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Baharak has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsb) with warm, dry summers and cold, snowy winters.

Climate data for Baharak
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) −6.1
(21.0)
−4.3
(24.3)
1.5
(34.7)
7.8
(46.0)
12.1
(53.8)
16.9
(62.4)
20.1
(68.2)
20.0
(68.0)
15.8
(60.4)
9.6
(49.3)
2.7
(36.9)
−3.0
(26.6)
7.8
(46.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 69.7
(2.74)
106.4
(4.19)
114.2
(4.50)
144.3
(5.68)
150.1
(5.91)
45.1
(1.78)
4.6
(0.18)
1.9
(0.07)
2.9
(0.11)
28.1
(1.11)
65.0
(2.56)
49.1
(1.93)
559
(22.0)
Source 1: ClimateCharts[4](1989-2019)
Source 2: World Weather Online (precipitation)[5]

References

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  1. ^ "NGA GeoNames Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  2. ^ Adamec, Ludwig W., ed. (1972). Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan. Vol. 1. Graz, Austria: Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt. p. 41.
  3. ^ Faizabad, Badakshan (18 November 2006). "Inauguration of Baharak School". USAID Afghanistan. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  4. ^ "Climate: Baharak - ClimateCharts, Laura Zepner, Pierre Karrasch, Felix Wiemann & Lars Bernard (2020) ClimateCharts.net – an interactive climate analysis web platform, International Journal of Digital Earth, DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2020.1829112". Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Humidity: Baharak - World Weather Online". Retrieved 27 September 2022.