Parun
{{Short description|City in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
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| name = Parun
| native_name = پارون
| settlement_type = Town
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name1 = Nuristan
| subdivision_name2 = Parun
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Parun ({{Langx|prs|پارون|translit=Pārūn|label=Pashto/Dari}}, {{IPA|prs|pʰɒːˈruːn}}, {{IPA|ps|pɑˈrun}}), also called Prasûn and Prasungul, is a small town and administrative center of Nuristan Province and its Parun District in Afghanistan.
The city of Parun has a population of 1,647.{{cite web|url=http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015/|title=The State of Afghan Cities report2015|ref=UN-Habitat|access-date=22 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031111515/http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015/|archive-date=31 October 2015|url-status=dead}} It has 1 district and a total land area of 350 hectares. The total number of dwellings in Parun is 183.
On 15 August 2021, Parun was seized by Taliban fighters, becoming the thirty-second provincial capital to be captured by the Taliban as part of the wider 2021 Taliban offensive.
Land use
Parun is a village in northeastern Afghanistan with only 350 hectares and 183 dwellings. It is predominantly forest land (54%) followed by agriculture (33%). Built-up land only accounts for 7% of total land
use. But unlike many other cities, Parun does not have any barren land and only 4 hectares of vacant plots.
Geography
Parun has 6 villages: Ishtewi, Pronz, Dewa, Kushteki, Tsutsum and Pashki. They are located over a distance of 20 km from north to south along the Parun River. Ishtewi, the upper village, lies at an altitude of 2,850 m above sea level, while Pashki, the lowest village, lies at 2,500 m above sea level.
=Climate=
Under the Köppen climate classification, Parun has a subarctic climate (Dsc). The average temperature for the year in Parun is {{convert|1.2|C|1}}. The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of {{convert|11.7|C|1}}, while the coldest month on average is January, with an average temperature of {{convert|-11.1|C|1}}.
{{Weather box
|location = Parun
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan mean C = −11.1
|Feb mean C = −9.5
|Mar mean C = −4.8
|Apr mean C = 0.7
|May mean C = 4.5
|Jun mean C = 9.6
|Jul mean C = 11.7
|Aug mean C = 11.3
|Sep mean C = 7.9
|Oct mean C = 3.1
|Nov mean C = -2.3
|Dec mean C = −7.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 83.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 113.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 154.0
|Apr precipitation mm = 147.0
|May precipitation mm = 103.3
|Jun precipitation mm = 33.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 44.5
|Aug precipitation mm = 44.3
|Sep precipitation mm = 20.7
|Oct precipitation mm = 35.7
|Nov precipitation mm = 55.1
|Dec precipitation mm = 82.2
|Jan humidity= 57.1
|Feb humidity= 60.9
|Mar humidity= 60.1
|Apr humidity= 60.0
|May humidity= 56.0
|Jun humidity= 46.0
|Jul humidity= 48.4
|Aug humidity= 50.3
|Sep humidity= 48.1
|Oct humidity= 47.5
|Nov humidity= 46.8
|Dec humidity= 51.9
{{cite web
|url=https://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=598919&cityname=Parun-Afghanistan
|title=Parun, Afghanistan. Weatherbase
|accessdate=5 November 2022}}}}
Plans for a city
According to news published in 2007, the governor of Nuristan Province was planning to establish a city of about 20,000 people in Parun. This would make it "the first city in Nuristan". The report indicated that some construction had begun.[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16230448 Afghan Governor Has Big Plans for Lonely Province], Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, National Public Radio, 13 November 2007, ... The 50-year-old governor says Parun — the first city in Nuristan — is only the beginning for a province where residents farm and raise goats to survive ...
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{{Nuristan Province}}
Category:Populated places in Nuristan Province
Category:Provincial capitals in Afghanistan
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