Pattan Tehsil
Pattan Tehsil
تحصیل پٹن پټن تحصیل | |
|---|---|
Interactive map of Pattan Tehsil | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Lower Kohistan |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Maulana Rehmatullah (IND) |
| Elevation | 833 m (2,733 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 126,248 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Pattan (Kohistani, Urdu: پٹن) is the capital of Lower Kohistan District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Demographics
According to the 2023 Pakistani census, the total population of Pattan Tehsil was 126,248. Indus Kohistani was the main language, spoken by 124,728 (98.79%) people.[1]
Climate
With a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Pattan features a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Pattan is 19.6 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 802 mm. Even in the driest months, there is a lot of precipitation. November is the driest month with 17 mm of precipitation, while July, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 123 mm.
July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 29.3 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 7.9 °C.
| Climate data for Pattan | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.3 (55.9) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
31.6 (88.9) |
36.8 (98.2) |
35.9 (96.6) |
34.4 (93.9) |
32.6 (90.7) |
28.2 (82.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
15.6 (60.1) |
26.1 (79.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) |
10.3 (50.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
24.5 (76.1) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
25.7 (78.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
9.6 (49.3) |
19.6 (67.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) |
4.7 (40.5) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
18.8 (65.8) |
13.0 (55.4) |
7.7 (45.9) |
3.7 (38.7) |
13.1 (55.5) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Climate: Patan - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 15 September 2016.
External links
- Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Government website section on Lower Dir
- United Nations
- PBS paiman.jsi.com Archived 2015-01-22 at the Wayback Machine