Imām Ṣāhib (
Pashto
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/) is a town in the
Kunduz Province
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of
Afghanistan
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, center of the
Imam Sahib District
Imam Sahib District () is situated in the northern part of Kunduz Province, Afghanistan. It borders with Qalay-I-Zal District to the west, Tajikistan to the north (along the Panj river), with Archi District to the east and Kunduz District to the s ...
. It is sometimes called Khwaja or Hazrat.
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Accessed 2011-05-12. is located on the outside of Imam Sahib. The port of
Shir Khan Bandar is located to the west of the town.
Climate
With an influence from the local steppe climate, Imam Sahib features a
cold semi-arid climate
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(''BSk'') under the
Köppen climate classification
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. The average annual temperature in Imam Sahib is 17.1 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 307 mm.
July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 30.2 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 3.4 °C.
See also
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Kunduz Province
Kunduz () is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northern part of the country next to Tajikistan. The population of the province is around 1,136,677, which is mostly a tribal society; it is one of Afghanistan's most ethnically ...
References
Populated places in Kunduz Province
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