Aliabad (Burushaski/Urdu: علی آباد) is the administrative and commercial center of the Hunza District in Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan.
Aliabad
علی آباد | |
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Town | |
| Aliabad | |
 A view of Aliabad (2013) | |
  Aliabad  Aliabad | |
| Coordinates: 36°18′43″N 74°37′4″E / 36.31194°N 74.61778°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Gilgit–Baltistan |
| District | Hunza |
| Elevation | 2,206 m (7,238 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC 5 (PST) |
| Climate | BWk |
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Location
editThe town is located in a relatively wide section of the Hunza Valley, in the northeastern corner of the Karakoram range, between two forks of the Hunza River. In May 2010 government officials warned that the nearby Attabad lake was close to flooding the area.[1]
Like most localities in Hunza–Nagar, Aliabad lies along the Karakoram Highway, which crosses this mountainous district.
Climate
editWith virtually no rainfall during the year, Aliabad features a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Aliabad is 11.0 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 125 mm. November is the driest month with 2 mm of rainfall, while May, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 29 mm.
July is the warmest month of the year with an average temperature of 23.6 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of -3.0 °C.
| Climate data for Aliabad | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) |
4.2 (39.6) |
10.1 (50.2) |
16.8 (62.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
27.4 (81.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.6 (85.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
18.1 (64.6) |
11.2 (52.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.0 (26.6) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
5.3 (41.5) |
11.4 (52.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
20.8 (69.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.2 (73.8) |
18.3 (64.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −7.3 (18.9) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
0.5 (32.9) |
6.0 (42.8) |
9.7 (49.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
16.8 (62.2) |
12.0 (53.6) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
5.4 (41.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6 (0.2) |
8 (0.3) |
16 (0.6) |
21 (0.8) |
29 (1.1) |
6 (0.2) |
9 (0.4) |
10 (0.4) |
8 (0.3) |
6 (0.2) |
2 (0.1) |
4 (0.2) |
125 (4.8) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
Nearby
edit- To the West:
- Hassanabad, Pakistan
- Further afield: Nasirabad, Hussainabad, Sikandarabad, Jafarabad, Khizerabad
- To the East:
- Baltit Fort, in Karimabad
- Altit Fort, in Altit
- Ganish Village, Hyderabad village east of aliabd
- Further afield: Ahmedabad
- To the South:
References
edit- ^ Pakistan villages 'at risk' of lake flooding
- ^ "Climate: Aliabad - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 9 September 2016.