Bahrain (Torwali: بحرین; also spelled Behrain), formerly known in Torwali as Bhaunal,[2] is a town located in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 60 km north of Mingora at an elevation of 4,700 ft on the right bank of the Swat river. Geographically in the Swat Kohistan region, it is named Bahrain (lit. "two rivers") due to its location at the confluence of the Daral and Swat rivers. It is known for its riverside tourist resorts, local handicrafts, and its view of the merging of the Daral and Swat rivers. It also serves as a base camp for the trail that leads to the Daral and Saidgai lakes. Behrain is the tehsil headquarter of Behrain Tehsil.
Bahrain | |
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  Bahrain Bahrain Valley  Bahrain Bahrain (Pakistan) | |
| Coordinates: 35°12′27″N 72°32′44″E / 35.2075°N 72.5456°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Swat |
| Tehsil | Bahrain |
| Government | |
| • Tehsil Chairman | Shahid Ali (PTI) |
| Elevation | 1,435 m (4,708 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 102,253 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Climate
editWith a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Bahrain has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Bahrain is 16.6 °C or 61.9 °F, while the annual precipitation averages 866 millimetres or 34.09 inches. November is the driest month with 21 millimetres or 0.83 inches of precipitation, while March, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 120 millimetres or 4.72 inches.
July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 27.0 °C or 80.6 °F. The coldest month, January, has an average temperature of 4.8 °C or 40.6 °F.
| Climate data for Bahrain | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) |
11.1 (52.0) |
16.3 (61.3) |
21.8 (71.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.2 (90.0) |
29.6 (85.3) |
24.7 (76.5) |
18.7 (65.7) |
11.7 (53.1) |
22.4 (72.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) |
6.5 (43.7) |
11.1 (52.0) |
16.1 (61.0) |
20.8 (69.4) |
26.2 (79.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.0 (78.8) |
23.1 (73.6) |
17.9 (64.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
7.0 (44.6) |
16.6 (61.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) |
2.0 (35.6) |
5.9 (42.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.5 (58.1) |
19.2 (66.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
19.9 (67.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
11.2 (52.2) |
6.4 (43.5) |
2.4 (36.3) |
10.8 (51.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 69 (2.7) |
92 (3.6) |
120 (4.7) |
107 (4.2) |
64 (2.5) |
40 (1.6) |
109 (4.3) |
109 (4.3) |
61 (2.4) |
33 (1.3) |
21 (0.8) |
41 (1.6) |
866 (34) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ Torwali, Zubair (2024). Internal Colonization in Northern Pakistan: The Impact on Cultural Rights (PDF). Lahore: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. p. 7.
- ^ "Climate: Bahrain – Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 15 September 2016.
