Khwahan, Afghanistan
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Khawan
| native_name = {{lang|prs|خواهان}}
| other_name = Khwāhān
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| settlement_type = Town
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| image_caption = Young Khwahan girls gather at the medical facility in Khwahan, Badakhshan Province, on 3 June 2012.
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| subdivision_name1 = Badakhshan
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| subdivision_name2 = Khwahan
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| elevation_ft = 3,412
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Khwahan ({{langx|Prs|خواهان}}; {{Langx|tg| Хоҳон}}) is a town (and a fort) and the capital of Khwahan District, Badakhshan Province, northern Afghanistan.{{cite web|url=http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp |title=NGA GeoName Database |publisher=National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |access-date=2008-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522153801/http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp |archive-date=2008-05-22 |url-status=dead }} It is located on the left bank of the Panj River, in the subregion of Darwaz.{{cite book |editor= Adamec, Ludwig W.|title=Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan |volume=1 |year=1972 |publisher=Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt |location= Graz, Austria |pages= 107–108}}
Image:Khwahan&shurobod.jpg (Afghanistan) and Shuro-obod District (Tajikistan)]]
History
After Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire, the area came under the rule of Shane Wallace [https://www.academia.edu/25638818 Greek Culture in Afghanistan and India: Old Evidence and New Discoveries] p.206 the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus I and his son Demetrius I.Osmund Bopearachchi, [https://www.academia.edu/22821570 Some Observations on the Chronology of the Early Kushans], p.48
The village has a fort called Qala Khwahan. The fort is made of mud, in the shape of a square with three bastions on each face, with a capacity of 500 to 600 individuals. It is similar to most other forts in the area. For about two miles in each direction is cultivated land.
The village contained roughly 160 houses around the turn of the 20th century.
The inhabitants of the area speak Dari Persian and are Sunni Muslim. They engage in agriculture, growing buckwheat, red and white barley, sesame, zucchini, corn, mung beans, peas, beans and potatoes.
Geography
File:Koh-e Labgard, khvahan county,کوه ی لبگرد شهرستان خواهان - panoramio.jpg
The area is mountainous, with Kuh-e Kallat a prominent mountain in the district. This peak is 4090 meters high above sea level. The town sits on the Panj River and is one of very few Afghan towns with Tajikistan to its south. Road access is to Kulob, Tajikistan.
=Climate=
Khwahan’s climate is humid continental (Köppen Dsb), with an annual mean temperature of {{convert|9.4|°C|1}}. September is the driest month, with {{convert|19|mm|1}} of rain. In May, the precipitation reaches its peak, with an average of {{convert|172|mm|1}}.
{{Weather box|location = Khwahan
|metric first = Y
|single line = Y
|Jan record high C = 18.6
|Feb record high C = 21.4
|Mar record high C = 28.3
|Apr record high C = 30.8
|May record high C = 36.8
|Jun record high C = 38.6
|Jul record high C = 39.6
|Aug record high C = 38.2
|Sep record high C = 33.7
|Oct record high C = 31.1
|Nov record high C = 25.4
|Dec record high C = 19.2
|Jan high C = 2.9
|Feb high C = 4.5
|Mar high C = 10.3
|Apr high C = 15.8
|May high C = 20.6
|Jun high C = 24.7
|Jul high C = 27.6
|Aug high C = 27.2
|Sep high C = 23.6
|Oct high C = 17.3
|Nov high C = 10.0
|Dec high C = 4.6
|Jan mean C = -3.1
|Feb mean C = -1.1
|Mar mean C = 4.2
|Apr mean C = 9.1
|May mean C = 13.7
|Jun mean C = 17.9
|Jul mean C = 21.2
|Aug mean C = 21.0
|Sep mean C = 17.2
|Oct mean C = 10.8
|Nov mean C = 3.5
|Dec mean C = -2.0
|Jan low C = -9.0
|Feb low C = -6.7
|Mar low C = -1.9
|Apr low C = 2.3
|May low C = 6.8
|Jun low C = 11.0
|Jul low C = 14.7
|Aug low C = 14.7
|Sep low C = 10.7
|Oct low C = 4.3
|Nov low C = -3.1
|Dec low C = -8.5
|Jan record low C = -23.9
|Feb record low C = -25.0
|Mar record low C = -25.5
|Apr record low C = -14.2
|May record low C = -4.6
|Jun record low C = 4.5
|Jul record low C = 7.7
|Aug record low C = 2.4
|Sep record low C = -0.5
|Oct record low C = -7.1
|Nov record low C = -25.7
|Dec record low C = -22.6
|Jan precipitation mm = 92
|Feb precipitation mm = 117
|Mar precipitation mm = 139
|Apr precipitation mm = 152
|May precipitation mm = 172
|Jun precipitation mm = 85
|Jul precipitation mm = 33
|Aug precipitation mm = 20
|Sep precipitation mm = 19
|Oct precipitation mm = 52
|Nov precipitation mm = 75
|Dec precipitation mm = 83
{{cite web|url=https://en.climate-data.org/asia/afghanistan/badakhshan/kwahan-511529/
|title=Climate: Khwahan
|access-date=3 September 2022
|publisher=Climate-Data.org}} NASA Power{{cite web|url=https://power.larc.nasa.gov/data-access-viewer/
|title= Data Access Viewer
|accessdate=11 October 2022}} (Extremes)}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.maplandia.com/afghanistan/badakhshan/khvahan Satellite map at Maplandia.com]
{{Badakhshan Province}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Populated places in Khwahan District
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