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Barg-i Matal District
Bargi Matal District (Barge Matal District, Bragamatal District, Kamkata-vari: břagamâṭol, Pashto: برګ مټال ولسوالۍ, Persian: ولسوالی برگ متال) is a district of Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.[2] It was originally in Konarha Province (Konar Province)[3] and then was moved to the newly created Nuristan Province in 2001.
Bargi Matal | |
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District | |
Bargi Matal Location within Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 35°46′30″N 71°15′10″E / 35.77500°N 71.25278°E | |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Province | Nuristan |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 15,000[1] |
Climate edit
Bargi Matal has a subarctic climate (Köppen: Dsc), resulting in long, cold winters and short, mild summers.
| Climate data for Barg-i Matal, Nuristan Province | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.8 (21.6) | −5.0 (23.0) | −0.2 (31.6) | 5.9 (42.6) | 10.2 (50.4) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.2 (64.8) | 18.0 (64.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 9.3 (48.7) | 2.9 (37.2) | −2.8 (27.0) | 6.8 (44.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.5 (13.1) | −9.1 (15.6) | −4.2 (24.4) | 1.5 (34.7) | 5.4 (41.7) | 10.5 (50.9) | 12.8 (55.0) | 12.5 (54.5) | 8.9 (48.0) | 3.9 (39.0) | −1.7 (28.9) | −6.6 (20.1) | 2.0 (35.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −15.2 (4.6) | −13.3 (8.1) | −8.2 (17.2) | −2.9 (26.8) | 0.6 (33.1) | 5.1 (41.2) | 7.4 (45.3) | 7.0 (44.6) | 3.0 (37.4) | −1.5 (29.3) | −6.3 (20.7) | −10.5 (13.1) | −2.9 (26.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 73 (2.9) | 100 (3.9) | 137 (5.4) | 129 (5.1) | 92 (3.6) | 32 (1.3) | 41 (1.6) | 41 (1.6) | 20 (0.8) | 35 (1.4) | 50 (2.0) | 74 (2.9) | 824 (32.5) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 57 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 54 | 44 | 47 | 49 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 52 | 52 |
| Source: weather2visit.com[4] | |||||||||||||
Boundaries edit
Bargi Matal District is bounded by:[2]
- Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province to the west and northwest,
- Chitral District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan, to the northeast and east,
- Kamdesh District to the south, and
- Parun District to the southwest.
See also edit
- Peshawar, Afghanistan, a settlement in the district
Notes edit
- ^ "Nuristan Provincial Profile" (PDF). Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ a b map, March 2007, Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS)
- ^ "Afghanistan" political map, 1986, United States Central Intelligence Agency
- ^ "Barg-e Matāl monthly weather averages". weather2visit.com. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
External links edit
- Crowley, Michael (22 September 2009) "Dying For Barge Matal" The New Republic
- Cavendish, Julius (13 November 2009) "Barge Matal: It's a Place We Never Want to Go Back To", The Independent