Baharak is a small town and the seat of Baharak district,

Badakhshan province Badakhshan Province (Dari: بدخشان) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan in the north and the Pakistani regions of Lower and Upper C ...

, in northeastern

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. It is roughly 15 kilometers from Jorm, on the Kokcha River. Baharak Girls' School was opened on December 17, 2006, by Munshi Abdul Majid the Governor of Badakhshan Province, it serves about 3,000 girls who attend in three separate shifts during the day.

Climate

Baharak has a

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climate (

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: ''Dsb'') with warm, dry summers and cold, snowy winters.

References

Populated places in Baharak District {{Badakhshan-geo-stub