Saydabad

City in Wardak Province, Afghanistan

Place in Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan

34°00′01″N 68°42′49″E / 34.0004°N 68.7135°E / 34.0004; 68.7135Country

AfghanistanProvinceMaidan Wardak ProvinceDistrictSaydabad DistrictElevation

2,155 m (7,070 ft)Population

• Total7,301Time zoneUTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Standard Time)

Saydābād (Pashto: سيد اباد) is a city in Maidan Wardak Province, central Afghanistan. It is the administrative center of Saydabad District, and located along the main Kabul-Kandahar Highway.

The city of Saydabad has a population of 7,301.^[1] It is located within the heartland of the Wardak tribe of Pashtuns.^[2]^: 10

Geography

Saydabad is located about 2,155 m above sea level.

Climate

Saydabad has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dsb)

Climate data for Markaz-e Sayyidābād
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Daily mean °C (°F)	−4.1 (24.6)	−2.4 (27.7)	3.0 (37.4)	8.1 (46.6)	12.5 (54.5)	17.2 (63.0)	19.2 (66.6)	18.5 (65.3)	15.0 (59.0)	9.7 (49.5)	3.3 (37.9)	−1.7 (28.9)	8.2 (46.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	54.8 (2.16)	83.4 (3.28)	84.1 (3.31)	78.9 (3.11)	46.3 (1.82)	17.9 (0.70)	28.8 (1.13)	25.5 (1.00)	14.1 (0.56)	18.0 (0.71)	23.7 (0.93)	28.6 (1.13)	504.1 (19.84)
Source: ClimateCharts.net^[3]

Demographics

A majority of the population are Pashtuns. Pashto of the Wardagi accent is spoken in the town.

References

^ "Markaz-e Sayyidabad, Afghanistan". Falling Rain.
^ Coyle, Dennis Walter (2014). Placing Wardak Among Pashto Varieties (Master's thesis). University of North Dakota.
^ "ClimateCharts.net, Laura Zepner, Pierre Karrasch, Felix Wiemann & Lars Bernard (2020) ClimateCharts.net – an interactive climate analysis web platform, International Journal of Digital Earth, DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2020.1829112". Retrieved 18 September 2022.