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Battagram (Urdu: بٹگرام, Pashto: بټګرام) is a city and Union Council of Battagram District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. It is located at 34°41'N 73°1'E and has an altitude of 1038 metres (3408 feet).[2]
Climate
With a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Battagram features a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Battagram is 18.5 °C or 65.3 °F, while the annual precipitation averages 1,427 millimetres or 56.18 inches.
June is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 27.9 °C or 82.2 °F. The coldest month, January, has an average temperature of 7.6 °C or 45.7 °F.
Education
The schools are being built with the help of several NGOs and foreign funds to improve the literacy rate of the people.[4]
2005 earthquake
Battagram was among the areas affected by the earthquake of 8 October 2005, where more than 4,500 people were killed and approximately 35,000 were injured.[5]
Administration
Battagram District is divided into two tehsils, the proper Battagram and Allai (which are Banna, Bateela, Batkul, Biari, Jambera, Pashto, Rashang and Sakargah). Proper Battagram main city is a tehsil and district headquarters and is also one of 20 Union Councils of the District of Battagram.[6]
The Battagram Tehsil is subdivided into 12 Union Councils:[6]
See also
References
- ^ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP (BATAGRAM DISTRICT)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ Location of Battagram – Falling Rain Genomics
- ^ "Climate: Batgram". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ Holland builds schools in Battagram, Dawn
- ^ "Educational Institutes in Battagram". Hazara. Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Battagram". National Reconstruction Bureau of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012.