Karukh
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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.
Climate
With 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.
{{Weather box
| location = Karukh
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan high C = 6.7
| Feb high C = 8.5
| Mar high C = 14.7
| Apr high C = 20.0
| May high C = 25.8
| Jun high C = 31.1
| Jul high C = 33.0
| Aug high C = 31.9
| Sep high C = 27.8
| Oct high C = 21.9
| Nov high C = 14.8
| Dec high C = 9.7
| Jan mean C = 0.7
| Feb mean C = 2.8
| Mar mean C = 8.3
| Apr mean C = 13.3
| May mean C = 18.1
| Jun mean C = 22.8
| Jul mean C = 24.9
| Aug mean C = 23.7
| Sep mean C = 18.8
| Oct mean C = 13.2
| Nov mean C = 7.2
| Dec mean C = 3.4
| year mean C =
| Jan low C = -5.2
| Feb low C = -2.8
| Mar low C = 1.9
| Apr low C = 6.6
| May low C = 10.4
| Jun low C = 14.5
| Jul low C = 16.9
| Aug low C = 15.5
| Sep low C = 9.8
| Oct low C = 4.5
| Nov low C = -0.4
| Dec low C = -2.9
| rain colour = green
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web
|url = http://en.climate-data.org/location/31489/
|title = Climate: Karukh - Climate-Data.org
|accessdate = 9 September 2016}}
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Notable people
External links
- [http://www.zharov.com/dupree/chapter19.html] Nancy Dupree "A historical guide to Afghanistan"
- [http://www.gazetteer.de/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=fr&des=gamelan&dat=200&geo=-282&srt=pnan&col=aohdqcfbeimg&pt=c&va=&geo=448188259] Census Data
References
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{{Herat Province}}
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Category:Populated places in Herat Province
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