Saydabad
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Saydabad | |
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  Saydabad Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 34°00′01″N 68°42′49″E / 34.0004°N 68.7135°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Maidan Wardak Province |
| District | Saydabad District |
| Elevation | 2,155 m (7,070 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 7,301 |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Standard Time) |
Saydābād (Pashto: سيد اباد) is a city in Maidan Wardak Province, central Afghanistan. It is the administrative center of Saydabad District, and located along the main Kabul-Kandahar Highway.
The city of Saydabad has a population of 7,301.[1] It is located within the heartland of the Wardak tribe of Pashtuns.[2]: 10
Geography
[edit]Saydabad is located about 2,155 m above sea level.
Climate
[edit]Saydabad has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dsb)
| Climate data for Markaz-e Sayyidābād | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) | −2.4 (27.7) | 3.0 (37.4) | 8.1 (46.6) | 12.5 (54.5) | 17.2 (63.0) | 19.2 (66.6) | 18.5 (65.3) | 15.0 (59.0) | 9.7 (49.5) | 3.3 (37.9) | −1.7 (28.9) | 8.2 (46.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 54.8 (2.16) | 83.4 (3.28) | 84.1 (3.31) | 78.9 (3.11) | 46.3 (1.82) | 17.9 (0.70) | 28.8 (1.13) | 25.5 (1.00) | 14.1 (0.56) | 18.0 (0.71) | 23.7 (0.93) | 28.6 (1.13) | 504.1 (19.84) |
| Source: ClimateCharts.net[3] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
[edit]A majority of the population are Pashtuns. Pashto of the Wardagi accent is spoken in the town.
References
[edit]- ^ "Markaz-e Sayyidabad, Afghanistan". Falling Rain.
- ^ Coyle, Dennis Walter (2014). Placing Wardak Among Pashto Varieties (Master's thesis). University of North Dakota.
- ^ "ClimateCharts.net, 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". Retrieved 18 September 2022.
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