Shahrak District
Shahrak District is located in the western part of Ghor province, Afghanistan. The population is 58,200. The district center is Dahan-e Falezak.
Minaret of Jam (close up)
Economy
The district suffers from a weak economy and severe poverty due to lack of road linkage between villages and district centre, low level of agriculture and livestock productions, inaccessibility to healthcare services and security problems. In 2014, construction work of irrigation projects began in five villages of the district by the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD).
- Main handicrafts: rug weaving.
- Agricultural products: wheat, barley and potato.
Architecture
Near the village of Jam stands the Minaret of Jam, a historic building.
Climate
Shahrak features a mediterranean-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsb) with warm summers and cold, snowy winters.
Afghanistan’s lowest recorded temperature of −52.2 °C (−62.0 °F) was observed at Shahrak.
| Climate data for Shahrak, elevation: 2,325 metres (7,628.0 ft) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) |
16.3 (61.3) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.7 (76.5) |
31.0 (87.8) |
34.6 (94.3) |
36.2 (97.2) |
34.4 (93.9) |
29.9 (85.8) |
26.2 (79.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
15.2 (59.4) |
36.2 (97.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
8.7 (47.7) |
16.8 (62.2) |
18.6 (65.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
28.5 (83.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
17.2 (63.0) |
9.7 (49.5) |
3.9 (39.0) |
14.8 (58.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.0 (17.6) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
2.2 (36.0) |
9.4 (48.9) |
10.5 (50.9) |
16.8 (62.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
16.1 (61.0) |
12.0 (53.6) |
7.8 (46.0) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
6.3 (43.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.5 (5.9) |
−16.0 (3.2) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
1.9 (35.4) |
2.3 (36.1) |
7.0 (44.6) |
8.2 (46.8) |
5.6 (42.1) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −52.2 (−62.0) |
−46.1 (−51.0) |
−22.0 (−7.6) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
2.0 (35.6) |
3.0 (37.4) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−18.0 (−0.4) |
−29.0 (−20.2) |
−52.2 (−62.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 53.6 (2.11) |
68.2 (2.69) |
83.0 (3.27) |
59.3 (2.33) |
35.7 (1.41) |
10.4 (0.41) |
3.7 (0.15) |
5.6 (0.22) |
0.3 (0.01) |
6.8 (0.27) |
20.4 (0.80) |
42.8 (1.69) |
389.8 (15.36) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 61.4 | 62.2 | 59.7 | 55.0 | 45.7 | 34.0 | 31.4 | 31.2 | 32.6 | 39.6 | 46.4 | 57.6 | 46.4 |
| Source 1: Meteo-Climat | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weatherbase (Precipitation & Humidity), The Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (Record High (1990-2021)) | |||||||||||||