The city of Mahmud-i-Raqi is the capital of
Kapisa Province
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and center of
Mahmud Raqi District in
Afghanistan
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. It has a population of 50,490 and is made up of four districts.
Mahmood Raqi, located to the northeast of
Kabul
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, is classified as an urban village.
It is approximately 70 km from
Kabul and 20 km to
Charikar
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.
On 15 August 2021, Mahmud-i-Raqi was seized by
Taliban
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fighters, becoming the thirtieth provincial capital to be captured by the Taliban as part of the wider
2021 Taliban offensive
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.
Climate
Mahmud-i-Raqi has a hot-summer
humid continental climate
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(
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* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
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''Dsa''). The annual mean temperature is . The temperature are highest on average in July at around . At on average, January is the coldest month of the year.
Land use
It has a total land area of 3,970 hectares.
The total number of dwellings in Mahmud-i-Raqi is 5,610.
Agriculture is the dominant land use at 72%.
Dwellings are dispersed throughout
the municipality with low density and consisting entirely of irregular houses.
See also
*
Kapisa Women's Center
References
Populated places in Kapisa Province
Provincial capitals in Afghanistan
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