Puli Alam Explained

Puli Alam
Native Name:پل علم
Native Name Lang:ps
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Afghanistan
Coordinates:33.9808°N 69.035°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Afghanistan
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Logar
Elevation M:1922
Population Total:22,914[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Density Km2:auto

Puli Alam (پل علم), also spelled Pul-i-Alam or Pol-e Alam, is the provincial capital of Logar Province, Afghanistan as well as of Puli Alam District. The population of the district is estimated to be around 108,000, and is composed of ethnic Pashtuns and Tajiks.The city of Puli Alam itself had a population of 22,914 in 2015.[2] it has 4 districts and a total land area of 3,752 hectares.[3] The total number of dwellings in the city is 2,546.[4]

In August 2021, Puli Alam was seized by Taliban fighters as part of the wider 2021 Taliban offensive.[5]

History

Puli Alam underwent a lot of reconstruction work after the fall of the Taliban government. A provincial reconstruction team, PRT Logar of the Czech Republic, was based in Puli Alam.

Climate

Puli Alam is at high altitude. It features a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen climate classification. It has hot, dry summers and cold, snowy winters. The average temperature in Puli Alam is 11.0 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 291 mm.

July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 24.7 °C. The coldest month, January, has an average temperature of -6.8 °C.

Land use

Puli Alam is an urban village in eastern Afghanistan.[6] Agriculture is the dominant land use, accounting for 49% of total land. Only 19% of land is classified as built-up, and 48% of this area is described as vacant plots.[7] In Districts 1–3, the majority of the dwellings are regular houses.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The State of Afghan Cities report 2015. UN-Habitat. 2015-10-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20151031111515/http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015/. 2015-10-31. dead.
  2. Web site: The State of Afghan Cities report2015. UN-Habitat. 2015-10-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20151031111515/http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015/. 2015-10-31. dead.
  3. Web site: The State of Afghan Cities report 2015. UN-Habitat. 21 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151031111658/http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/. 31 October 2015. dead.
  4. Web site: The State of Afghan Cities report2015. UN-Habitat. 21 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151031111658/http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/. 31 October 2015. dead.
  5. News: Gopalakrishnan . Raju . Pal . Alasdair . Afghan president says in urgent talks as Taliban take key town near Kabul . 14 August 2021 . Reuters . 14 August 2021.
  6. Web site: The State of Afghan Cities report 2015. UN-Habitat. 21 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151031111658/http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/. 31 October 2015. dead.
  7. Web site: The State of Afghan Cities report 2015. UN-Habitat. 21 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151031111658/http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/. 31 October 2015. dead.
  8. Web site: The State of Afghan Cities report 2015. UN-Habitat. 21 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151031111658/http://unhabitat.org/books/soac2015_volume2/. 31 October 2015. dead.