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Nok Kundi

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Country
  
Pakistan

District
  
Chagai District

Elevation
  
679 m

Province
  
Balochistan Province

Time zone
  
PST (UTC+5)

Local time
  
Wednesday 5:43 AM

Nok Kundi

Weather
  
22°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 43% Humidity

Nok Kundi ("the blunt point"), is a township and region in western Pakistan in the province of Balochistan. This region of western Pakistan, was historically known to these people as Dzaranga ("water producing land"). It was recorded by the Greeks and Hellenized to Drangiana in Greek literature. The original word for this region is Zaranka means ("watermill" or a "spring"). This word occurs in old Balochi and Persian as ("Waterland").

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Map of Nok Kundi, Pakistan

Climate

Nok Kundi has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh) with extremely hot summers and mild winters. The climate is very dry, with just 35 millimetres (1.4 in) of rainfall each year.

References

Nok Kundi Wikipedia