Place:Mahmud-i-Raqi
Mahmude Raqi محمود راقى Mahmud-Araqi, Sedq Abad | |
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City | |
  Mahmude Raqi Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: [ ⚑ ] : 35°1′14″N 69°19′50″E / 35.02056°N 69.33056°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Kapisa |
| District | Mahmude Raqi |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Unknown |
| Area | |
| • Land | 50 sq mi (120 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,760 ft (1,450 m) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • City | 90,250 |
| • Urban | 195,000[1] |
| • Main languages | Dari Pashto Pashayi |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Mahmude Raqi (Pashto[lower-alpha 1]: محمود راقي, Dari[lower-alpha 2]: محمود راقی), is the capital of Kapisa Province and center of Mahmude Raqi city in Afghanistan. It has a population of 200000 and is made up of four districts.[1] Mahmoode Raqi, located to the northeast of Kabul, is classified as an urban village.[2] It is approximately 70 km from Kabul and 20 km to Charikar.
On 15 August 2021, Mahmude Raqi was seized by Taliban fighters, becoming the thirtieth provincial capital to be captured by the Taliban as part of the wider 2021 Taliban offensive.
Climate
Mahmude Raqi has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dsa). The annual mean temperature is 12.0 °C (53.6 °F). The temperature are highest on average in July at around 25.0 °C (77.0 °F). At −2.3 °C (27.9 °F) on average, January is the coldest month of the year. Script error: No such module "weather box".
Land use
It has a total land area of 3,970 hectares.[2] The total number of dwellings in Mahmude Raqi is 5,610.[2]
Agriculture is the dominant land use at 72%.[2] Dwellings are dispersed throughout the municipality with low density and consisting entirely of irregular houses.[2]
See also
- Kapisa Women's Center
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The State of Afghan Cities report2015". Archived from the original on 2015-10-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20151031111515/http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "The State of Afghan Cities report 2015". http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/.
- ↑ "Climate: Mahmude Raqi - Climate-Data.org". https://en.climate-data.org/asia/afghanistan/kapisa/mahmude-raqi-1058669/.
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