Official Name: | Bagrami |
Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Afghanistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Afghanistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2007 |
Population Total: | 31,680 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | + 4.30 |
Coordinates: | 34.4911°N 69.2756°W |
Elevation M: | 1797 |
Bagrami is a village situated in the eastern fringes of Kabul at 34.4911°N 69.2756°W and 1797 m altitude, part of municipal District 12 and partly in District 22. The population is 31,680 (2007 calculation). Downtown Kabul can be reached in 30 minutes. The Bagrami Industrial Park is one of the major projects for the economy of the region. In 2010, the town also harboured a shanty town of mud-built huts from refugees escaping the violence of the Taliban insurgency in the southern provinces of Afghanistan.[1]
Bagrami has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dsa). July is the warmest month of the year. The temperature in July averages 25C. At -3.4C on average, January is the coldest month of the year.
About 415mm of precipitation falls annually. The driest month is August with 4mm. In April, the precipitation reaches its peak, with an average of 82mm.