:Maidan Shar
{{Short description|City in Wardak province, Afghanistan}}
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Maidan Shar ({{langx|ps|میدانښار|Maidānkhār}};[http://www.mrrd.gov.af/nabdp/Provincial%20Profiles/Wardak%20PDP%20Provincial%20profile.pdf Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development]{{Cite web | url=http://www.ketabtoon.net/ketaboona/Wardag_qawm_seema_BOOK.pdf | title=Home | access-date=2009-07-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008041103/http://www.ketabtoon.net/ketaboona/Wardag_qawm_seema_BOOK.pdf | archive-date=2011-10-08 | url-status=usurped }} {{langx|fa|میدانشار|Maidānshār}}), also Maidan Shahr or simply Maidan, is the capital of Maidan Wardak province in central Afghanistan. Its population was estimated to be 35,008 in 2003,http://www.mrrd.gov.af/nabdp/Provincial%20Profiles/Wardak%20PDP%20Provincial%20profile.pdf Wardak Provincial Profile - MRRD of which is mostly Pashtuns .[https://web.archive.org/web/20051027183907/http://www.aims.org.af/afg/dist_profiles/unhcr_district_profiles/centra/wardak/maidan_shahr.pdf aims.org.af]
On 15 August 2021, Maidan Shar was seized by Taliban fighters, becoming the twenty-seventh provincial capital to be captured by the Taliban as part of the wider 2021 Taliban offensive.
Description
The city of Maidan Shar has a population of 14,265. It has 4 districts and a total land area of 3,347 hectares.{{cite book|title=The State of Afghan Cities report 2015|url=http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/|ref=UN-Habitat|access-date=2015-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031111658/http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/|archive-date=2015-10-31|url-status=dead}} The total number of dwellings in Maidan Shar is 1,585.
Zarifa Ghafari became the mayor in 2019, she was one of the few Afghan female mayors, and the youngest to be appointed at the age of 26. She has won awards for her efforts in empowering women's rights in Afghanistan.{{Cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2019/10/education-is-the-key-to-empowering-afghan-women/|title=Education Is the Key to Empowering Afghan Women|website=thediplomat.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-20}}
Climate
Maidan Shar features a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen climate classification. It has warm, dry summers and cold, snowy winters. The average temperature in Maidan Shar is 7.6 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 558 mm.
July is the warmest month of the year, with an average temperature of 20.8 °C. The coldest month, January, has an average temperature of -7.4 °C.
{{Weather box
| location = Maidan Shar
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| Jan high C = -1.3
| Feb high C = -0.9
| Mar high C = 6.4
| Apr high C = 14.7
| May high C = 20.6
| Jun high C = 25.3
| Jul high C = 28.3
| Aug high C = 27.2
| Sep high C = 23.3
| Oct high C = 17.0
| Nov high C = 9.1
| Dec high C = 2.9
| Jan mean C = -7.4
| Feb mean C = -6.3
| Mar mean C = 0.6
| Apr mean C = 8.5
| May mean C = 14.3
| Jun mean C = 18.7
| Jul mean C = 21.6
| Aug mean C = 20.6
| Sep mean C = 16.6
| Oct mean C = 10.6
| Nov mean C = 3.0
| Dec mean C = -3.6
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| Jan low C = -13.5
| Feb low C = -12.0
| Mar low C = -5.9
| Apr low C = 0.9
| May low C = 6.2
| Jun low C = 9.9
| Jul low C = 13.2
| Aug low C = 12.8
| Sep low C = 8.6
| Oct low C = 3.1
| Nov low C = -3.3
| Dec low C = -9.6
| Jan precipitation mm =53
| Feb precipitation mm =72
| Mar precipitation mm =78
| Apr precipitation mm =88
| May precipitation mm =98
| Jun precipitation mm =37
| Jul precipitation mm =16
| Aug precipitation mm =13
| Sep precipitation mm =15
| Oct precipitation mm =22
| Nov precipitation mm =32
| Dec precipitation mm =34
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| Jan precipitation days =6
| Feb precipitation days =6
| Mar precipitation days =7
| Apr precipitation days =9
| May precipitation days =12
| Jun precipitation days =6
| Jul precipitation days =2
| Aug precipitation days =2
| Sep precipitation days =2
| Oct precipitation days =4
| Nov precipitation days =4
| Dec precipitation days =4
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| Jan humidity =50
| Feb humidity =56
| Mar humidity =57
| Apr humidity =62
| May humidity =43
| Jun humidity =31
| Jul humidity =27
| Aug humidity =30
| Sep humidity =29
| Oct humidity =35
| Nov humidity =46
| Dec humidity =45
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| Jand sun =7.2
| Febd sun =7.4
| Mard sun =8.9
| Aprd sun =10.1
| Mayd sun =11.6
| Jund sun =12.7
| Juld sun =12.6
| Augd sun =11.9
| Sepd sun =11.0
| Octd sun =9.9
| Novd sun =8.2
| Decd sun =7.7
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|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web
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Land use
Maidan Shar is an urban village located 40 km west of Kabul. The majority of the land is not occupied or utilized with barren land and vacant plots combining for 81% of total land use. Institutional land is the second largest built-up land use (22%). Residential dwellings are concentrated in Districts 1 and 2.
Geography
Maidan Shar is located in the north eastern part of Wardak Province. It is surrounded by the Arghandeh and Paghman mountains of Kabul Province and the Jalrez and Nirkh districts of Wardak Province.
It has an area of 345 km2. Its elevation above sea level is 2,225 meters.
The district consists of 59 main villages and 1 sub-village.
Economy
The majority of people in Maidan Shar are engaged in agriculture, livestock, gardening and trade. The overall economical status of the people of Maidan Shar is poor.
Education
By the end of 2008, there were a total of 14 schools serving approximately 9,268 students. There were around 275 teachers teaching in these schools.http://www.mwardag.gov.af/media/Maidan%20Wardak%20Province%20Three%20years%20Report(English).pdf{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Notable people
- Hanif Baktash, poet and writer
- Zarifa Ghafari, mayor