Barg-i Matal District

Bargi Matal District (Barge Matal District, Bragamatal District, Kamkata-vari: břagamâṭol, Pashto: برګ مټال ولسوالۍ, Persian: ولسوالی برگ متال) is a district of Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.^[2] It was originally in Konarha Province (Konar Province)^[3] and then was moved to the newly created Nuristan Province in 2001.

Bargi Matal
District
Bargi Matal Location within Afghanistan
Coordinates: 35°46′30″N 71°15′10″E
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Nuristan
Population  (2010)
• Total	15,000[1]

Afghan soldiers fighting in Bargi Matal in 2009

Climate

Bargi Matal has a subarctic climate (Köppen: Dsc), resulting in long, cold winters and short, mild summers.

Climate data for Barg-i Matal, Nuristan Province
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−5.8 (21.6)	−5.0 (23.0)	−0.2 (31.6)	5.9 (42.6)	10.2 (50.4)	15.9 (60.6)	18.2 (64.8)	18.0 (64.4)	14.9 (58.8)	9.3 (48.7)	2.9 (37.2)	−2.8 (27.0)	6.8 (44.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−10.5 (13.1)	−9.1 (15.6)	−4.2 (24.4)	1.5 (34.7)	5.4 (41.7)	10.5 (50.9)	12.8 (55.0)	12.5 (54.5)	8.9 (48.0)	3.9 (39.0)	−1.7 (28.9)	−6.6 (20.1)	2.0 (35.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−15.2 (4.6)	−13.3 (8.1)	−8.2 (17.2)	−2.9 (26.8)	0.6 (33.1)	5.1 (41.2)	7.4 (45.3)	7.0 (44.6)	3.0 (37.4)	−1.5 (29.3)	−6.3 (20.7)	−10.5 (13.1)	−2.9 (26.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	73 (2.9)	100 (3.9)	137 (5.4)	129 (5.1)	92 (3.6)	32 (1.3)	41 (1.6)	41 (1.6)	20 (0.8)	35 (1.4)	50 (2.0)	74 (2.9)	824 (32.5)
Average relative humidity (%)	57	60	59	58	54	44	47	49	47	47	47	52	52
Source: weather2visit.com[4]

Boundaries

Bargi Matal District is bounded by:^[2]

• Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province to the west and northwest,
• Chitral District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan, to the northeast and east,
• Kamdesh District to the south, and
• Parun District to the southwest.

See also

• Peshawar, Afghanistan, a settlement in the district

Notes

1. "Nuristan Provincial Profile" (PDF). Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
2. "Afghanistan Administrative Divisions" map, March 2007, Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS)
3. "Afghanistan" political map, 1986, United States Central Intelligence Agency
4. "Barg-e Matāl monthly weather averages". weather2visit.com. Retrieved 31 May 2023.

External links

• Crowley, Michael (22 September 2009) "Dying For Barge Matal" The New Republic
• Cavendish, Julius (13 November 2009) "Barge Matal: It's a Place We Never Want to Go Back To", The Independent