Barg-i Matal District

Bargi Matal District (Barge Matal District, Bragamatal District, Kamkata-vari: břagamâṭol, Pashto: برګ مټال ولسوالۍ, Persian: ولسوالی برگ متال) is a district of Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.[2] It was originally in Konarha Province (Konar Province)[3] and then was moved to the newly created Nuristan Province in 2001.

Bargi Matal
District
Bargi Matal is located in Afghanistan
Bargi Matal
Bargi Matal
Location within Afghanistan
Coordinates: 35°46′30″N 71°15′10″E
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceNuristan
Population
 (2010)
 • Total15,000[1]
Afghan soldiers fighting in Bargi Matal in 2009

Climate

Bargi Matal has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb) with a subarctic (Köppen: Dfc) tendencies, resulting in long, cold winters and short, mild summers.

Climate data for Barg-i Matal, elevation: 2,077 metres (6,814.3 ft)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) −8.9
(16.0)		 −7.4
(18.7)		 −2.4
(27.7)		 3.0
(37.4)		 8.3
(46.9)		 13.3
(55.9)		 15.5
(59.9)		 14.5
(58.1)		 10.7
(51.3)		 4.4
(39.9)		 −1.9
(28.6)		 −6.8
(19.8)		 3.5
(38.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 101.8
(4.01)		 204.2
(8.04)		 194.5
(7.66)		 171.4
(6.75)		 133.7
(5.26)		 78.9
(3.11)		 112.4
(4.43)		 114.3
(4.50)		 61.6
(2.43)		 45.0
(1.77)		 71.6
(2.82)		 38.4
(1.51)		 1,327.8
(52.29)
Average relative humidity (%) 61 71 70 59 49 41 49 54 46 42 49 49 53
Source 1: ClimateCharts[4]
Source 2: World Weather Online (humidity)[5]

Boundaries

Bargi Matal District is bounded by:[2]

See also

Notes
  1. "Nuristan Provincial Profile" (PDF). Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. "Afghanistan Administrative Divisions" map, March 2007, Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS)
  3. "Afghanistan" political map, 1986, United States Central Intelligence Agency
  4. "Climate: Barg-e Matāl - 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 22 September 2022.
  5. "Humidity: Barge Matal - World Weather Online". Retrieved 22 September 2022.


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