Ghorghori Explained

Ghorghori
Native Name:غرغری
Other Name:Ghurghuri
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Afghanistan
Pushpin Label Position:above
Pushpin Map Caption:Location
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Afghanistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Nimruz Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Khash Rod District
Timezone:+4:30
Coordinates:31.4475°N 62.6306°W
Elevation M:553

Ghorghori city (Persian/Pashto: غرغری) or Ghurghuri (Balochi: غورغوري), also called Ghor Ghori is a town and capital of Khash Rod District of Nimruz Province, Afghanistan.

History

Ghorghori is historical place northwest of Khash village in Khash Rod District, which called in historical sources as (قرنین) Qornain or Qor Qor, which is local Persian language is Ghornain or Ghor Ghori Qornain.

Ya'qub Lays the founder of the Saffarid dynasty of Sistan, with its capital at Zaranj, was born in 840, of eastern Iranian origins, in a small town called Qornain (From Arabic), which was located east of Zaranj and west of Bost, near Khash village in what is now Afghanistan.

Climate

Ghorghori has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh), characterised by little precipitation and high variation between summer and winter temperatures. The average temperature in Khash is 21.4 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 62 mm. July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 34.4 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 8.0 °C.

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