Official Name: | Shahrak |
Native Name: | شهرک |
Native Name Lang: | fa |
Settlement Type: | District |
Coordinates: | 34.1°N 64.2667°W |
Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Afghanistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ghor |
Subdivision Type2: | Center |
Subdivision Name2: | Dahan-e Falezak |
Population Total: | 58,200 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 4,350 |
Elevation M: | 2350 |
Shahrak District is located in the western part of Ghor province, Afghanistan. The population is 58,200. The district center is Dahan-e Falezak.
The district suffers from a weak economy and severe poverty due to lack of road linkage between villages and district centre, low level of agriculture and livestock productions, inaccessibility to healthcare services and security problems.[2] In 2014, construction work of irrigation projects began in five villages of the district by the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD).[3]
Near the village of Jam stands the Minaret of Jam, a historic building.
Shahrak features a mediterranean-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsb) with warm summers and cold, snowy winters.
Afghanistan’s lowest recorded temperature of -52.2C was observed at Shahrak.[4]