Official Name: | Baharak بھارک |
Native Name: | Bahārak بھارک |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Afghanistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Baharak |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | + 4.30 |
Coordinates: | 37.0028°N 70.9075°W |
Elevation M: | 1462 |
Baharak is a small town and seat of Baharak District Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.[1] It is roughly 15 kilometers from Jurm, on the Kokcha River.[2] Baharak Girls' School was opened on December 17, 2006, by Munshi Abdul Majeed the Governor of Badakhshan Province, it serves about 3,000 girls who attend in three separate shifts during the day.[3]
Baharak has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsb) with warm, dry summers and cold, snowy winters.