North Salang Explained

Official Name:North Salang
Pushpin Map:Afghanistan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Afghanistan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Khinjan
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:+ 4.30
Coordinates:35.317°N 69.017°W
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:3399

North Salang or Sālangi Shamāli (Persian: سالنگ شمالی, Pushto; Pashto: شمالي سالنګ) is a village at an altitude of 3,365 meters in the Khinjan District of Baghlan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan,[2] 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elevation: North Salang, geonames.org. 25 September 2022.
  2. Web site: NGA GeoName Database . . 2008-06-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080608190852/http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp . 2008-06-08 . dead .