Shinwar District

Shinwar (Pashto: شينوار ولسوالۍ, Persian: ولسوالی شینوار) is a district in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. It is on the main highway from Jalalabad to the Torkham border crossing. Its population, which is 100% Pashtun, was estimated at 40,147 in 2002, of whom 16,000 were children under 12. The district is within the heartland of the Shinwari tribe of Pashtuns.[1] The district centre is the village of Shinwar.

Nangarhar districts.

History

In March 2007, Shinwar was the site of the Shinwar massacre.

Climate

Shinwar has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa), with hot summers and cold winters. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.4 °C (74 °F). January is the coldest month, with temperatures averaging −3.1 °C (26 °F).

Climate data for Shiwari Village
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 1.3
(34.3)		 1.7
(35.1)		 8.6
(47.5)		 16.2
(61.2)		 22.2
(72.0)		 26.9
(80.4)		 28.9
(84.0)		 27.4
(81.3)		 23.9
(75.0)		 18.2
(64.8)		 11.0
(51.8)		 5.5
(41.9)		 16.0
(60.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) −3.1
(26.4)		 −2.1
(28.2)		 4.1
(39.4)		 10.7
(51.3)		 16.4
(61.5)		 21.1
(70.0)		 23.4
(74.1)		 22.1
(71.8)		 18.6
(65.5)		 12.8
(55.0)		 5.9
(42.6)		 1.0
(33.8)		 10.9
(51.6)
Average low °C (°F) −7.5
(18.5)		 −5.9
(21.4)		 −0.5
(31.1)		 5.1
(41.2)		 10.5
(50.9)		 15.3
(59.5)		 17.8
(64.0)		 16.7
(62.1)		 13.3
(55.9)		 7.3
(45.1)		 0.7
(33.3)		 −4.5
(23.9)		 5.7
(42.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 61
(2.4)		 88
(3.5)		 110
(4.3)		 127
(5.0)		 115
(4.5)		 69
(2.7)		 46
(1.8)		 62
(2.4)		 58
(2.3)		 47
(1.9)		 49
(1.9)		 41
(1.6)		 873
(34.3)
Source: Climate-Data.org[2]

See also

References
  1. Nangarhar Province Tribal Map (Page 9). Naval Postgraduate School.
  2. "Climate: Shiwari village - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 5 September 2022.


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