Place:Sharana
Sharana شاران | |
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  Sharana Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: [ ⚑ ] : 33°7′48″N 68°46′48″E / 33.13°N 68.78°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Paktika |
| District | Sharana |
| Elevation | 2,200 m (7,200 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • City | 5,929 |
| • Urban | 15,651[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Sharana (Pashto: ښرنه) or Sharan (Persian: شاران) is the capital of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. It is located at an altitude of 2,200 meters.[2] Its population was estimated to be 2,200 in 2006.[3] The city of Sharana has a population of 15,651 (in 2015)[4] and is located within the heartland of the Sulaimankhel tribe of Ghilji Pashtuns.[5] It has 6 districts and a total land area of 5,893 hectares.[6] The total number of dwellings in this city are 1,739.[6]
On 14 August 2021, Sharana was seized by Taliban fighters, becoming the twentieth provincial capital to be captured by the Taliban as part of the wider 2021 Taliban offensive.[7]
Climate
With an influence from the local steppe climate, Sharana features a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Sharana is 10.8 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 265 mm. September is the driest month with 1 mm of rainfall, while March, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 54 mm.
July is the warmest month of the year with an average temperature of 23.6 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of -4.5 °C, with the average lows at -10.9 °C.
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Land use
Barren land and agriculture account for 73% of total land. Sharana has the largest share of land classified as institutional (14%) of any Afghan provincial capital.[6]
See also
- Sharana District
- Paktika Province
- Forward Operating Base Sharana
References
- ↑ "The State of Afghan Cities report 2015". http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015/.
- ↑ "what is the elevation of sharan, afghanistan? - Wolfram|Alpha". https://www.wolframalpha.com/.
- ↑ "Afghanistan: Provinces, Districts, Cities, Towns, City Districts - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts". https://www.citypopulation.de/en/afghanistan/.
- ↑ "State of Afghan Cities report 2015 (Volume-I English) | UN-Habitat". https://unhabitat.org/soac2015.
- ↑ Paktika Province Tribal Map (Page 11). Naval Postgraduate School.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "State of Afghan Cities report 2015 (Volume-II) | UN-Habitat". https://unhabitat.org/soac2015_volume2.
- ↑ Seir, Ahmad; Faietz, Rahim; Krauss, Joseph (14 August 2021). "Taliban approach capital’s outskirts, attack northern city". Associated Press News. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-taliban-f600d6faf28e9c2ccb454ad176987b19.
- ↑ "Climate: Sharan - Climate-Data.org". http://en.climate-data.org/location/222471/. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
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