Kajaki | |
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 TheKajaki Dam, located northeast of Kajaki village | |
  Kajaki Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates:32°16′58″N65°3′37″E / 32.28278°N 65.06028°E /32.28278; 65.06028 | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Helmand Province |
| District | Kajaki District |
| Elevation | 3,077 ft (938 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Kajaki is avillage in southernAfghanistan, and is split between two townsteads, Kajaki 'Olya, and Kajaki Sofla. It is the district centre ofKajaki District inHelmand Province. North east of the village is an important hydro power station for electricity and irrigation projects, theKajaki Dam. The village itself hugs the east side of theHelmand River, right after it makes its first turn south, one km out from the dam. Kajaki is bordered by the town Payson to its west, Tangeye, an abandoned bazaar to its north, Shabez Kheyl, and Kanzi to its north west, all across the Helmand. Kajaki serves as the northern terminus ofRoute 611.
It was announced in December 2006 that British CorporalMark Wright would be posthumously awarded theGeorge Cross for his actions after entering an unmarked minefield near Kajaki, in an attempt to save the lives of other injured soldiers which is the plot for the 2014 filmKajaki: The True Story.
On August 23, 2007, threeBritish soldiers of theRoyal Anglian Regiment were killed in a suspectedfriendly fire incident northwest of Kajaki. The soldiers were on patrol when they were attacked byTaliban insurgents. A pair ofUnited States Air ForceMcDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighter jets were called in to provideclose air support dropping one 500 lb bomb in support of British forces; it is believed that this bomb exploded close to the British position killing three soldiers and injuring two others. On August 26, 2007, theSunday Telegraph reported that American officials were investigating the possibility that the bombing was the result of a failure in the bombs guidance system rather than being the result of pilot error.[1]
Kajaki has ahot desert climate (KöppenBWh), characterised by little precipitation and high variation between summer and winter temperatures. The average temperature in Kajaki is 18.3 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 163 mm. July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 30.9 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 5.5 °C.
| Climate data for Kajaki | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.0 (53.6) | 14.2 (57.6) | 21.0 (69.8) | 27.5 (81.5) | 33.6 (92.5) | 39.2 (102.6) | 40.3 (104.5) | 38.8 (101.8) | 34.1 (93.4) | 28.1 (82.6) | 20.3 (68.5) | 14.6 (58.3) | 27.0 (80.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 7.7 (45.9) | 13.7 (56.7) | 19.3 (66.7) | 24.5 (76.1) | 29.3 (84.7) | 30.9 (87.6) | 29.0 (84.2) | 23.5 (74.3) | 17.9 (64.2) | 11.2 (52.2) | 7.2 (45.0) | 18.3 (65.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.9 (30.4) | 1.2 (34.2) | 6.4 (43.5) | 11.2 (52.2) | 15.4 (59.7) | 19.4 (66.9) | 21.6 (70.9) | 19.2 (66.6) | 13.0 (55.4) | 7.7 (45.9) | 2.2 (36.0) | −0.5 (31.1) | 9.7 (49.4) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
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