Shahr-e Bozorg

Shahr-e Bozorg is a village and the district capital of Shahri Buzurg District, in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.{{cite web| url=http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp |title=NGA GeoName Database |publisher=National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |accessdate=2008-06-11 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080608190852/http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp |archivedate = 2008-06-08}}

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During May 1998 this village was at the epicentre of a large earthquake. Support was provided by helicopter and donkey convoy due to the inaccessibility of the area. Medical and emergency food support was provided by a consortium of the Northern Alliance Government and International NGOs assisted by UNOCHA from Faizabad, at that time the capital of the Northern Alliance held area of Afghanistan.

Climate

Shahr-e Bozorg has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dsb).

{{Weather box|location = Shahr-i-Buzurg

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|Jan high C = -0.4

|Feb high C = 1.6

|Mar high C = 9.1

|Apr high C = 15.5

|May high C = 19.9

|Jun high C = 24.1

|Jul high C = 27.1

|Aug high C = 26.5

|Sep high C = 22.8

|Oct high C = 16.7

|Nov high C = 9.1

|Dec high C = 2.3

|Jan mean C = -5.9

|Feb mean C = -3.5

|Mar mean C = 3.1

|Apr mean C = 8.9

|May mean C = 13.6

|Jun mean C = 17.6

|Jul mean C = 20.6

|Aug mean C = 20.1

|Sep mean C = 16.2

|Oct mean C = 10.3

|Nov mean C = 2.9

|Dec mean C = -3.8

|Jan low C = -11.3

|Feb low C = -8.6

|Mar low C = -3.0

|Apr low C = 2.3

|May low C = 7.3

|Jun low C = 11.0

|Jul low C = 14.1

|Aug low C = 13.6

|Sep low C = 9.6

|Oct low C = 3.9

|Nov low C = -3.4

|Dec low C = -9.8

|Jan precipitation mm = 67

|Feb precipitation mm = 80

|Mar precipitation mm = 112

|Apr precipitation mm = 144

|May precipitation mm = 143

|Jun precipitation mm = 67

|Jul precipitation mm = 16

|Aug precipitation mm = 7

|Sep precipitation mm = 7

|Oct precipitation mm = 35

|Nov precipitation mm = 55

|Dec precipitation mm = 55

|year precipitation mm= 788

|Jan humidity = 61

|Feb humidity = 64

|Mar humidity = 61

|Apr humidity = 59

|May humidity = 57

|Jun humidity = 47

|Jul humidity = 37

|Aug humidity = 35

|Sep humidity = 38

|Oct humidity = 48

|Nov humidity = 56

|Dec humidity = 59

|source = Climate-Data.org{{cite web

|url=https://en.climate-data.org/asia/afghanistan/badakhshan/shahr-i-buzurg-511547/

|title=Climate: Shahr-e Bozorg - Climate-Data.org

|access-date=2 September 2022}}}}

See also

References

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