Sarhadd or Sarhad, also known as Sarhad-e Broghil or Sarhad-e Wakhan, is a village in the Wakhan in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1]
Sarhadd | |
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![]() Oxus Valley near Sarhad, with range towards Great Pamir by Aurel Stein | |
![]() ![]() Sarhadd Location in Afghanistan | |
Coordinates: 36°59′0″N 73°27′0″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Badakhshan |
District | Wakhan |
Time zone | + 4.30 |
Sarhadd lies at an altitude of 3,400 metres (11,154.9 ft)[2] on the Wakhan River, at a point where the river broadens into a wide plain. It is inhabited by Wakhi people.[3] The village lies at the end of a rough road from Ishkashim, and just to the north of the Broghil Pass.
The population of the village (2003) is 548.[3]
Sarhadd has a tundra climate (Köppen: ET) with brief, cool summers and long, bitterly cold winters.
Climate data for Sarhadd | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −19 (−2) |
−17.2 (1.0) |
−12.2 (10.0) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
2.7 (36.9) |
6.1 (43.0) |
5.5 (41.9) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−16.4 (2.5) |
−6.1 (21.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 55.0 (2.17) |
78.8 (3.10) |
85.5 (3.37) |
78.7 (3.10) |
52.7 (2.07) |
27.0 (1.06) |
23.5 (0.93) |
24.8 (0.98) |
18.7 (0.74) |
35.2 (1.39) |
51.6 (2.03) |
43.7 (1.72) |
575.2 (22.66) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 87 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 74 | 59 | 42 | 37 | 37 | 55 | 78 | 84 | 68 |
Source 1: ClimateCharts[4] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: World Weather Online (humidity)[5] |
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