Dasu or Dassu ( Abasin Kohistani and :) is the district headquarters of the

Upper Kohistan District Upper Kohistan District () is a district in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Overview and history Before 2014, this region was part of the large Kohistan District. In 2014, the government bifurcated it into U ...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Northern Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber ...

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. It had fifteen

union council Union council may refer to: *Union Council of Ministers The Union Council of Ministers is the Cabinet (government), principal executive organ of the Government of India, which serves to aid and advise the President of India in execution of t ...

s before the Kandia Valley was separated. Since it is being named as tehsil, the Dasu subdivision has eleven union councils.

Climate

With a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Dasu features a

humid subtropical climate A humid subtropical climate is a subtropical -temperate climate type, characterized by long and hot summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between ...

(''Cfa'') under the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

. The average temperature in Dasu is 19.5 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 648 mm. Even in the driest months, there is a lot of precipitation. November is the driest month with 13 mm of precipitation, while July, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 93 mm. July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 29.4 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 7.7 °C.

References

Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Populated places in Upper Kohistan District {{UpperKohistan-geo-stub

Climate

See also

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