Karukh

Karukh
Karukh Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34°29′24″N 62°35′24″E / 34.49000°N 62.59000°E / 34.49000; 62.59000Coordinates: 34°29′24″N 62°35′24″E / 34.49000°N 62.59000°E / 34.49000; 62.59000
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Herat Province
District	Karukh District
Elevation	4,330 ft (1,320 m)
Time zone	UTC+4:30

Karukh (Persian/Pashto: كرخ) is a town and the center of Karukh District, Herat Province, Afghanistan. The population is more than 18,800 people. The town is located at 34°29′N 62°35′E / 34.49°N 62.59°E / 34.49; 62.59 at 1320 m altitude, 50 km northeast of Herat.
Karukh’s busy bazaar is continuously mentioned in travelogues down through the centuries. The shrine of Hazrat Alla Berdi, Sufi ul-Islam, stands there (see the photo here).

With a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Karukh features a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Karukh is 13.1 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 301 mm.

July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 24.9 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 0.7 °C.

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