Khandud

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Khandud
خندود (Persian)
ښندؤت (Wakhi)
District center
Khandud is located in Afghanistan
Khandud
Khandud
Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 36°56′56″N 72°19′1″E / 36.94889°N 72.31694°E / 36.94889; 72.31694
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceBadakhshan
DistrictWakhan
Elevation
[1]
8,800 ft (2,700 m)
Population
 (2003)
 • Total
1,244
Time zoneUTC+04:30 (Afghanistan Time)

Khandud[a] is a town in northeastern Afghanistan, serving as the administrative center of Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province.[2][3][4] The town of Khandud is located near the left bank of the Panj River.[1] It is connected by a gravel road to Qazideh and Ishkashim in the southwest and Gazkhan in the northeast.[5][6][7]

Khandud was historically the center of one of the four administrative districts of Wakhan, which extended from Khandud to Digargand, and the site of an aksakal with authority over the Sad-i-Khandud. The Zoroastrian fort of Zamr-i-Atish Parast lay close by.[1] It has long been used as a trade route between Kabul and Kashgar.[8][9]

Around the turn of the 20th century, it housed around 200 people. There was extensive cultivation, including willow for the purposes of firewood, with excellent grazing. More recently, the town seems to have been renamed Khan Daulat, which is listed as being about 29 kilometres southwest of Qala-i-Panjah.[1]

The population of Khandud was estimated in 2003 at approximately 1,244 people.[10] Most of them are the native ethnic Wakhi people of the region.

Climate

Khandud has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dsc) with cold, snowy winters and cool summers.

Climate data for Khandud
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) −12.3
(9.9)		 −10.7
(12.7)		 −4.9
(23.2)		 1.7
(35.1)		 5.6
(42.1)		 10.3
(50.5)		 13.3
(55.9)		 13.2
(55.8)		 9.0
(48.2)		 3.2
(37.8)		 −2.9
(26.8)		 −8.3
(17.1)		 1.4
(34.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 46.6
(1.83)		 57.5
(2.26)		 79.0
(3.11)		 74.5
(2.93)		 60.3
(2.37)		 21.7
(0.85)		 16.1
(0.63)		 13.5
(0.53)		 8.8
(0.35)		 27.4
(1.08)		 35.8
(1.41)		 49.2
(1.94)		 490.4
(19.29)
Average relative humidity (%) 59.7 61.3 58.6 56.7 53.1 43.1 43.8 45.9 44.8 46.7 49.1 55.4 51.5
Source: Weatherbase[11]

Economy

The people of Khandud are villagers involved in agriculture, transport, trade, and tourism. Some go to work in Kabul or in other Afghan cities.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Adamec, Ludwig W., ed. (1972). Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan. Vol. 1. Graz, Austria: Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt. p. 45.
  2. ↑ "Work on historic Silk Road underway: Amiri". Pajhwok Afghan News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Mock, John (October 2018). "Khandut revisited: Monuments, shrines, and newly discovered rock art in Wakhan District". Afghanistan. 1 (2): 282–301. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 22 May 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  5. ↑ "Construction of the Grand Pamir Road Begins in Badakhshan". TOLOnews. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Silk Road Highway Reaches China-Afghanistan Border, Facilitating Historic Trade Routes". Bakhtar News Agency. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  7. ↑ Marty, Franz J. (21 July 2021). "High Road To China? A road to the Afghan-Chinese border is not what it might seem". www.9dashline.com. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Beveridge, Annette Susannah (7 January 2014). The Bābur-nāma in English, Memoirs of Bābur. Project Gutenberg. p. 202.
  9. ↑ Stein, Mark Aurel (1907). "Ancient Khotan". Nature. 76 (1981): 619–620. Bibcode:1907Natur..76..619H. doi:10.1038/076619a0. S2CID 3999325.
  10. ↑ "United Nations Environment Programme (2003) Wakhan Mission Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  11. ↑ "Climate: Khandūd - Weatherbase.com". Retrieved 24 September 2022.