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Kuran wa Munjan

Kurān wa Munjān, also spelled Kiran wa Munjan (‘Alāqahdārī Kirān wa Munjān) or Koran va Monjan, () is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan. It is the capital of Kuran wa Munjan District.

Climate

Owing to its altitude, Kuran wa Munjan features a subarctic climate (Dsc) bordering on a tundra climate (ET) under the Köppen climate classification. It has brief, pleasant summers and very cold, snowy winters. Winters are extremely long with below-freezing months from October until May. Summers are very short and the seasonal lag in August makes it the warmest month of the year with an average temperature of . The coldest month January has an average temperature of .

The annual precipitation averages , with August as the driest month with of rainfall, while May, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of .

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