Pattan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Pattan

پٹن‬
Tehsil, Union Council
Country Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Lower Kohistan
Elevation833 m (2,733 ft)
Population (2017) [1]
 • Total202,913
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)

Pattan (پټن / پٹن‬) is the capital of Lower Kohistan District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Lower Kohistan District is a district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The district headquarters of Lower Kohistan is Pattan.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Pakistan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, formerly known as North-West Frontier Province, is one of the four administrative provinces of Pakistan, located in the northwestern region of the country along the international border with Afghanistan. It was previously known as the North-West Frontier Province until 2010 when the name was changed to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by the 18th Amendment to Pakistan's Constitution, and is known colloquially by various other names. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the third-largest province of Pakistan by the size of both population and economy, though it is geographically the smallest of four. Within Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa shares a border with Punjab, Balochistan, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Islamabad. It is home to 17.9% of Pakistan's total population, with the majority of the province's inhabitants being Pashtuns. The province is the site of the ancient kingdom Gandhara, including the ruins of its capital Pushkalavati near modern-day Charsadda. Originally a stronghold of Buddhism, the history of the region was characterized by frequent invasions under various Empires due to its geographical proximity to the Khyber Pass.

Pakistan federal parliamentary constitutional republic in South Asia

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the world’s sixth-most populous country with a population exceeding 212,742,631 people. In area, it is the 33rd-largest country, spanning 881,913 square kilometres. Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China in the far northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the northwest, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.

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Climate

With a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Pattan features a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Pattan is 19.6 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 802 mm. Even in the driest months, there is a lot of precipitation. November is the driest month with 17 mm of precipitation, while July, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 123 mm.

Humid subtropical climate category in the Köppen climate classification system

A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents, generally between latitudes 25° and 40° and are located poleward from adjacent tropical climates. While many subtropical climates tend to be located at or near coastal locations, in some cases they extend inland, most notably in China and the United States, where they exhibit more pronounced seasonal variations and sharper contrasts between summer and winter, as part of a gradient between the more tropical climates of the southern coasts of these countries and the more continental climates of China and the United States’ northern and central regions.

Köppen climate classification widely used climate classification system

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by the Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notably in 1918 and 1936. Later, the climatologist Rudolf Geiger introduced some changes to the classification system, which is thus sometimes called the Köppen–Geiger climate classification system.

July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 29.3 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 7.9 °C.

Climate data for Pattan
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Average high °C (°F)13.3
(55.9)		15.9
(60.6)		20.8
(69.4)		26.1
(79)		31.6
(88.9)		36.8
(98.2)		35.9
(96.6)		34.4
(93.9)		32.6
(90.7)		28.2
(82.8)		22.3
(72.1)		15.6
(60.1)		26.1
(79)
Daily mean °C (°F)7.9
(46.2)		10.3
(50.5)		14.7
(58.5)		19.7
(67.5)		24.5
(76.1)		29.2
(84.6)		29.3
(84.7)		28.3
(82.9)		25.7
(78.3)		20.6
(69.1)		15.0
(59)		9.6
(49.3)		19.6
(67.2)
Average low °C (°F)2.6
(36.7)		4.7
(40.5)		8.7
(47.7)		13.3
(55.9)		17.4
(63.3)		21.7
(71.1)		22.8
(73)		22.2
(72)		18.8
(65.8)		13.0
(55.4)		7.7
(45.9)		3.7
(38.7)		13.1
(55.5)
Source: Climate-Data.org [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  2. ↑ "Climate: Patan - Climate-Data.org" . Retrieved 15 September 2016.


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