Jiwani

Overview

Jiwani is located between the Pakistani port city of Gwadar and the Iranian port city of Chabahar at the eastern end of Gwatar Bay. The area around the bay includes an important mangrove forest, and is an important habitat for a wide variety of wildlife, especially the endangered olive ridley and green turtles. Plans to grant fishing concessions and offshore drilling rights are potentially a threat to the wildlife of the area. The population largely depends upon fishing. A number of export-oriented fish freezing plants are located in Jiwani. Jiwani is 34 km from the Iranian border.

Jiwani holds strategic importance in the region, located immediately adjacent to the shipping lanes to and from the Persian Gulf. This is the main reason that the town hosts a small naval base and an airport with a 5500 ft runway.

Jiwani was used during World War II as an Allied airfield and the remains of some airfields are still available. Visiting the accommodation area of the airfield base used during World War II in Jiwani reveals many handwritten small stories and names of Allied pilots. There is a water system which is now abandoned for use but is a marvel of civil works for meeting water requirements of the station. It used to store rain water in three stages in order to clean the water using its usual flow. The water was then pumped to the airfield, and also up to the Victoria Hut, which is nearly 5 km from the water tank system.

The Makran Coastal Highway now reaches Jiwani from Gwadar and also connects to Karachi.

According to media reports, Pakistan and China plan to build a military base in Jiwani.

Demographics

Population

Climate

Jiwani has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh) with hot and dry summers and warm winters. Most rainfall falls in winter, although there is sometimes a little rain in the monsoon season (July–August) as well.

|Jan record high C = 31.1 |Feb record high C = 33.0 |Mar record high C = 39.0 |Apr record high C = 40.5 |May record high C = 45.0 |Jun record high C = 48.0 |Jul record high C = 42.5 |Aug record high C = 39.5 |Sep record high C = 41.1 |Oct record high C = 40.5 |Nov record high C = 37.2 |Dec record high C = 31.1 |Jan record low C = 3.9 |Feb record low C = 6.0 |Mar record low C = 5.5 |Apr record low C = 15.6 |May record low C = 19.0 |Jun record low C = 22.8 |Jul record low C = 21.5 |Aug record low C = 21.7 |Sep record low C = 18.3 |Oct record low C = 13.0 |Nov record low C = 5.6 |Dec record low C = 3.9 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201031065928/ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/PK/41756.TXT |archive-date = 2020-10-31 |url-status = dead

References

References

1. "Balochistān (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".
2. "Inside the Ring: China plans Pakistan military base at Jiwani".
3. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998". [[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]].
4. "Jiwani Climate Normals 1991–2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.