Shighnan
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Shighnan, also Shignan, Shugnan, Shughnan, and Khughnan (
The Afghan Rushan (Rushan is also a separate district in Tajikistan) falls under the administrative rule of Shughnan district, and is referred to as Rushan sub-district (i.e. Rushan Alaqadari). There are about ten sizable and many more smaller villages in the Shughnan district of Afghanistan. These villages include, south to north, Darmarakht, Wiyod, Wiroodhj, Bashor, Vuzh-Pidrudh, Dhishahr, Shidwood, and Tsaghnod. Note; the village names are given as they appear in the local language. Population of the Afghan district totals approximately 24,000 residents. Some of the bigger villages in the Tajik side of Shughnan include, south to north, Darmarakht, Porshnev, Buni, Sokhcharv, and Rosht Qala.
History
In ancient times the area was known for its ruby mines, which are mentioned in the writings of Marco Polo:
- It is in this province that those fine and valuable gems the Balas Rubies are found. They are got in certain rocks among the mountains, and in the search for them the people dig great caves underground, just as is done by miners for silver. There is but one special mountain that produces them, and it is called Syghinan. [1][dead link]
In modern times Shughnan and its vassal Roshan were states whose native rulers, the
The people residing in the Shughnan district, both the Tajik side and Afghan side of the border, speak their own language called Shughni (Khughnani).
Climate
Shighnan has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dsb) with dry, mild summers and cold, snowy winters. In winter there is more rainfall than in summer. The average annual temperature in Shighnan is 3.6 °C (38.5 °F). About 782 mm (30.79 in) of precipitation falls annually.
Climate data for Shighnan | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.1 (13.8) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
3.8 (38.8) |
7.8 (46.0) |
12.4 (54.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.9 (60.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
3.6 (38.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 80.2 (3.16) |
112.7 (4.44) |
120.6 (4.75) |
105.2 (4.14) |
97.1 (3.82) |
61.2 (2.41) |
14.3 (0.56) |
5.6 (0.22) |
8.6 (0.34) |
43.4 (1.71) |
72.2 (2.84) |
61.8 (2.43) |
782.9 (30.82) |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
73 | 77 | 79 | 75 | 62 | 52 | 41 | 37 | 35 | 45 | 64 | 70 | 59 |
Source 1: ClimateCharts[4] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: World Weather Online (precipitation & humidity)[5] |
Demography
See also
References
- ^ "Elevation: Shighnan - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ a b c Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 857.
- ^ a b "Shighnan and Roshan in the Nineteenth Century – Kakar History Foundation". Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- ^
"Climate: Shighnan - ClimateCharts, Laura Zepner, Pierre Karrasch, Felix Wiemann & Lars Bernard (2020) ClimateCharts.net – an interactive climate analysis web platform, International Journal of Digital Earth, DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2020.1829112". S2CID 225154815. Retrieved 24 September 2022.)
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(help - ^ "Humidity: Sheghnan - World Weather Online". Retrieved 25 September 2022.
External links
- Map of Shighnan (PDF)
- [3] A brief account of the region, its people and their language.