Panjgur | |
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Coordinates: 26°58′N 64°06′E / 26.967°N 64.100°ECoordinates: 26°58′N 64°06′E / 26.967°N 64.100°E | |
Province | Balochistan Province |
Elevation | 980 m (3,220 ft) |
Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
Panjgur or Panggur (Urdu: پنجگور), with the older name Bannajbur, is a small town in Panjgur District, Balochistan, . It is located at 26°58'0N 64°5'60E.
Al-Muqaddasī (985 AD) documented that Bannajbur was the capital of Makran and that it was populated by people called Balūṣī (Baluchi). This is the first known reference to the Baloch people.:
Panjgur has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh) with very hot summers and mild winters. Precipitation mainly falls in two distinct periods: in the late winter and early spring from February to April, and in the monsoon in June and July.