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

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| 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

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| 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

References

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{{Herat Province}}

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Category:Populated places in Herat Province

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