Dasu or Dassu (Abasin Kohistani and Urdu: داسو:) is the district headquarters of the Upper Kohistan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It had fifteen union councils before the Kandia Valley was separated. Since it is being named as tehsil, the Dasu subdivision has eleven union councils. According to the 1998 census, the total population of Dasu was 137,519, in 21,487 households.[citation needed]
Dasu
داسو Dassu | |
|---|---|
District Headquarter | |
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  Dasu  Dasu | |
| Coordinates: 35°16′16″N 73°13′24″E / 35.27111°N 73.22333°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Upper Kohistan |
| Tehsil | Dassu Tehsil |
| Elevation | 841 m (2,759 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Climate
editWith a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Dasu features a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Dasu is 19.5 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 648 mm. Even in the driest months, there is a lot of precipitation. November is the driest month with 13 mm of precipitation, while July, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 93 mm.
July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 29.4 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 7.7 °C.
| Climate data for Dasu | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) |
15.7 (60.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
26.0 (78.8) |
31.4 (88.5) |
36.6 (97.9) |
36.0 (96.8) |
34.7 (94.5) |
32.6 (90.7) |
27.9 (82.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
15.3 (59.5) |
26.0 (78.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) |
10.1 (50.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.5 (83.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
20.3 (68.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) |
4.6 (40.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
12.8 (55.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
3.7 (38.7) |
13.0 (55.4) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[1] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Climate: Dasu - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 15 September 2016.
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