Shahr-e Bozorg
Shahr-e Bozorg is a village and the district capital of Shahri Buzurg District, in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1]
Shahr-e Bozorg | |
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  Shahr-e Bozorg Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 37°18′40″N 70°10′2″E / 37.31111°N 70.16722°E / 37.31111; 70.16722 | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Badakhshan |
| District | Shahri Buzurg |
| Elevation [2] | 5,692 ft (1,735 m) |
| Time zone | + 4.30 |
During May 1998 this village was at the epicentre of a large earthquake. Support was provided by helicopter and donkey convoy due to the inaccessibility of the area. Medical and emergency food support was provided by a consortium of the Northern Alliance Government and International NGOs assisted by UNOCHA from Faizabad, at that time the capital of the Northern Alliance held area of Afghanistan.
Climate
Shahr-e Bozorg has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dsb).
| Climate data for Shahr-i-Buzurg | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.4 (31.3) |
1.6 (34.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
15.5 (59.9) |
19.9 (67.8) |
24.1 (75.4) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.5 (79.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
16.7 (62.1) |
9.1 (48.4) |
2.3 (36.1) |
14.5 (58.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
3.1 (37.6) |
8.9 (48.0) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.1 (68.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
10.3 (50.5) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
8.3 (47.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.3 (11.7) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
2.3 (36.1) |
7.3 (45.1) |
11.0 (51.8) |
14.1 (57.4) |
13.6 (56.5) |
9.6 (49.3) |
3.9 (39.0) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
2.1 (35.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 67 (2.6) |
80 (3.1) |
112 (4.4) |
144 (5.7) |
143 (5.6) |
67 (2.6) |
16 (0.6) |
7 (0.3) |
7 (0.3) |
35 (1.4) |
55 (2.2) |
55 (2.2) |
788 (31.0) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 61 | 64 | 61 | 59 | 57 | 47 | 37 | 35 | 38 | 48 | 56 | 59 | 52 |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ "Shahr-e Buzurg". geonames.org.
- ^ "Climate: Shahr-e Bozorg - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 2 September 2022.
External links
- Satellite map at Maplandia.com
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