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North Salang
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| <!-- Basic info ----------------> | official_name | North Salang |
| native_name | ||
| settlement_type | ||
| pushpin_map | Afghanistan | |
| pushpin_mapsize | 300 | |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom | |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Afghanistan | |
| subdivision_type | Country | |
| subdivision_name | Afghanistan | |
| subdivision_type1 | Province | |
| subdivision_name1 | Baghlan | |
| subdivision_type2 | District | |
| subdivision_name2 | Khinjan | |
| unit_pref | Imperial | |
| area_land_km2 | ||
| population_blank1_title | Ethnicities | |
| population_blank2_title | Religions | |
| timezone | + 4.30 | |
| coordinates | ||
| elevation_footnotes | ||
| elevation_m | 3399 |
North Salang or ** Sālangi Shamāli** (, ) is a village at an altitude of 3,365 meters in the Khinjan District of Baghlan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan, to the northern side of the Salang Tunnel.
Climate
North Salang has a tundra climate (Köppen: ET) with cool to mild summers and very cold winters. Precipitation is significantly higher than in much of the rest of Afghanistan due to North Salang's location on the windward side of the Hindu Kush mountain range, and mostly falls in the form of snow.
|Jan record high C = 4.0 |Feb record high C = 3.8 |Mar record high C = 9.5 |Apr record high C = 11.6 |May record high C = 15.5 |Jun record high C = 20.5 |Jul record high C = 22.1 |Aug record high C = 20.7 |Sep record high C = 18.0 |Oct record high C = 16.0 |Nov record high C = 10.2 |Dec record high C = 6.5 |Jan record low C = −30.3 |Feb record low C = -29.0 |Mar record low C = −27.8 |Apr record low C = -16.1 |May record low C = -11.0 |Jun record low C = -7.0 |Jul record low C = -0.5 |Aug record low C = -2.6 |Sep record low C = -8.9 |Oct record low C = -15.6 |Nov record low C = -19.8 |Dec record low C = −26.8
References
References
- "Elevation: North Salang, geonames.org".
- "NGA GeoName Database". [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]].
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