Karukh (Persian/Pashto: كرخ) is a town and the center of Karukh District, Herat Province, Afghanistan. The population is more than 18,800 people. The town is located at 1320 m altitude, 50 km northeast of Herat.
Karukh's busy bazaar is continuously mentioned in travelogues down through the centuries. The shrine of Alla Berdi, Sufi ul-Islam, stands there.
Karukh | |
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  Karukh Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 34°29′32″N 62°35′32″E / 34.49222°N 62.59222°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Herat Province |
| District | Karukh District |
| Elevation | 4,330 ft (1,320 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Climate
editWith a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Karukh features a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Karukh is 13.1 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 301 mm.
July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 24.9 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 0.7 °C.
| Climate data for Karukh | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
31.1 (88.0) |
33.0 (91.4) |
31.9 (89.4) |
27.8 (82.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
9.7 (49.5) |
20.5 (68.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.7 (33.3) |
2.8 (37.0) |
8.3 (46.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
22.8 (73.0) |
24.9 (76.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
13.2 (55.8) |
7.2 (45.0) |
3.4 (38.1) |
13.1 (55.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.2 (22.6) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
1.9 (35.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.5 (58.1) |
16.9 (62.4) |
15.5 (59.9) |
9.8 (49.6) |
4.5 (40.1) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
5.7 (42.3) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[1] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
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editReferences
edit- ^ "Climate: Karukh - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
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