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Chiras is a major village and valley in Sar-e Pol Province, in northern Afghanistan. It was formerly in Jowzjan Province. The village lies north of Jawak, west of Zabrak and southeast of Khami Deh. The people of Chiras are said to be Murghabi Tajiks.[1] The main occupation is agriculture, with most of the fertile lands lying to the west of the village and a narrow strip to the south.

Chiras
Village
Chiras
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 35°25′N 65°59′E
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceSar-e Pol
Elevation
2,691 m (8,829 ft)
Time zone+ 4.30

In December 1883, Chiras was the subject of a confrontation between Maimana troops and Dilawar Khan.[2] Khan was forced to abandon Chiras.


Climate


Chiras has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsb) with warm, dry summers and cold, snowy winters. The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of 18.4 °C (65.1 °F). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of −6.2 °C (20.8 °F).

The month with the most precipitation on average is March with 93.6 millimetres (3.7 in). The month with the least precipitation on average is July with an average of 0.1 millimetres (0.0 in).

Climate data for Chiras
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) −6.2
(20.8)		 −4.9
(23.2)		 0.0
(32.0)		 5.0
(41.0)		 10.0
(50.0)		 15.6
(60.1)		 18.4
(65.1)		 17.1
(62.8)		 12.2
(54.0)		 5.8
(42.4)		 −0.6
(30.9)		 −4.2
(24.4)		 5.7
(42.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 48.4
(1.91)		 83.3
(3.28)		 93.6
(3.69)		 77.1
(3.04)		 45.7
(1.80)		 2.2
(0.09)		 0.1
(0.00)		 0.4
(0.02)		 0.3
(0.01)		 13.4
(0.53)		 45.5
(1.79)		 23.6
(0.93)		 433.6
(17.09)
Average relative humidity (%) 71 79 68 48 40 28 24 26 27 34 49 56 46
Source 1: ClimateCharts[3] (1989-2019)
Source 2: World Weather Online (precipitation & humidity)[4]

See also



References


  1. India. Army. General Staff Branch (1979). Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan. Akadem. Druck- u. Verlagsanst. ISBN 978-3-201-01089-4.
  2. Lee, Jonathan L. (1996). The "ancient supremacy": Bukhara, Afghanistan, and the battle for Balkh, 1731-1901. BRILL. p. 441. ISBN 978-90-04-10399-3.
  3. "Climate: Chīras - ClimateCharts, Laura Zepner, Pierre Karrasch, Felix Wiemann & Lars Bernard (2020) ClimateCharts.net – an interactive climate analysis web platform, International Journal of Digital Earth, DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2020.1829112". Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  4. "Humidity: Chiras - World Weather Online". Retrieved 25 September 2022.


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