Panjab (
Pashto
Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani ().
Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languages ...
/ fa, پنج اب) (meaning 'five rivers') is the capital of
Panjab District
Panjab ( prs, پنجاب) is district in the central part of Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan. The capital is the town of Panjab. Panjab contains 5 valleys (Darai Sia, Darai Nargis, Darai Mahretuspus, Darai Ghurguri and Darai Taquab-Barg), the wa ...
, a mountainous district in the southwestern part of the
Bamyan Province,
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
. The town is situated at 34°23'N 67°1'E and has an altitude of 2,758 m altitude,
Location of Panjab - Falling Rain Genomics
the population was 9,900 in the year 2004. There is an airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
with gravel
Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments. Gravel occurs naturally throughout the world as a result of sedimentary and erosive geologic processes; it is also produced in large quantities commercially as crushed stone.
Gravel is classifi ...
surface.
Climate
Owing to its high altitude, Panjab has a humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
(''Dsb'') that borders on a subarctic climate
The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...
(''Dsc'') under the Köppen climate classification
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. It has mild, dry summers and cold, snowy winters. The annual precipitation averages .
The average temperature in Panjab is . July is the warmest month of the year with an average temperature of . The coldest month January has an average temperature of .
See also
* Bamyan Province
References
External links
District profile
at Bamyan.info
AIMS District Map
Punjab Portal
Panjab District
Populated places in Bamyan Province
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