Ghurghuri

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox settlement   |name = Ghurghuri |native_name = غرغری |other_name = Ghorghori |settlement_type = Town |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Afghanistan |pushpin_label_position = above |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption = Location  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Afghanistan}} |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Nimruz |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Khashrod  |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_metro_km2 =  |timezone = Afghanistan Time |utc_offset = +04:30 |timezone_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|31|26|51|N|62|37|50|E|region:AF|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m = 553 |elevation_ft =  |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Ghurghuri''' (Dari/Pashto: غرغری),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-195774 |title=Nimroz Provincial Center to Relocate from Zaranj to Ghurghuri |agency=TOLOnews |date=14 September 2025 |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref> sometimes written as '''Ghorghori''' (Balochi: غورغوري) or '''Ghor Ghori''', is a town that serves as the capital of Khashrod District of Nimruz Province in southwestern Afghanistan.

==History== {{Further|History of Afghanistan}} Ghorghori is a historical place northwest of Khash village in Khashrod District, which in historical sources was (قرنین) Qornain or Qor Qor, which in the local dialect of Persian language is pronounced as Ghornain or Ghor Ghori [https://web.archive.org/web/20141129013421/http://www.loghatnaameh.org/dehkhodaworddetail-da7a45241281462b8a9434ab4b85cd02-fa.html Qornain].

Ya'qub Lays the founder of the Saffarid dynasty of Sistan, with its capital at Zaranj, was born in 840, of eastern Iranian origins,{{sfn|Baumer|2016|p=24}} in a small town called Qornain (From Arabic), which was located east of Zaranj and west of Bost, near Khash village in what is now Afghanistan.

==Climate== Ghorghori has a hot desert climate (Köppen ''BWh''), characterised by little precipitation and high variation between summer and winter temperatures. The average temperature in Khash is 21.4 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 62 mm. July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 34.4 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 8.0 °C.

{{Weather box | location = Ghorghori | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 15.4 | Feb high C = 18.6 | Mar high C = 24.9 | Apr high C = 30.9 | May high C = 36.5 | Jun high C = 42.0 | Jul high C = 42.7 | Aug high C = 41.3 | Sep high C = 36.6 | Oct high C = 30.8 | Nov high C = 23.2 | Dec high C = 17.7 | Jan mean C = 8.0 | Feb mean C = 11.1 | Mar mean C = 16.8 | Apr mean C = 22.5 | May mean C = 27.7 | Jun mean C = 32.8 | Jul mean C = 34.4 | Aug mean C = 32.4 | Sep mean C = 27.0 | Oct mean C = 21.0 | Nov mean C = 13.7 | Dec mean C = 9.1 | year mean C = | Jan low C = 0.7 | Feb low C = 3.6 | Mar low C = 8.8 | Apr low C = 14.1 | May low C = 19.0 | Jun low C = 23.7 | Jul low C = 26.1 | Aug low C = 23.5 | Sep low C = 17.5 | Oct low C = 11.2 | Nov low C = 4.3 | Dec low C = 0.5 | rain colour = green |source 1 = Climate-Data.org<ref>{{cite web |url = http://en.climate-data.org/location/1058545/ |title = Climate: Khash - Climate-Data.org |accessdate = 15 September 2016}}</ref> }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

===Works cited=== * {{cite book |title=The History of Central Asia: The Age of Islam and the Mongols |first=Christoph |last=Baumer |volume=Three |publisher=I.B. Tauris |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-78453-490-5}}

{{Nimruz Province}} {{Khash Rod District}} Category:Populated places in Nimruz Province