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Bulkh= Northern most point: 10.099S, Southern most point: 21.188S
Geography_of_Yemen#Climate
arid, with bits of semi-arid and highland

==Geography==
[[File:Bulkh_Topo_Map.png|right|250px]]
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File:Iraqi_Kurdish_villagers_in_field_near_Turkish_border.jpg|Farming in Bulkhan interior
File:Zagros_iraq.png|Southern mountains, Baqunah Mountain Range
File:Wadi_Shawka_looking_North.jpg|Wadi in the Great Kavir desert
File:Basra-Shatt-Al-Arab.jpg|Coastal community
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Bulkh forms the eastern most expanse of the Great Kavir desert and the northwestern [[Puhktun Sea]] coast of [[Audonia#Daria|Daria]], the south eastern island of [[Audonia]]. It is bound in interior in the northwest by the foothills of the Mahagheh Mountains in the west by the Great Kavir desert, and the Baqunah Mountain Range in the southwest.

===Climate and environment===
[[File:Bulkh Climate Map.png|250px|right]]
Because it is a coastal state that is on the edge of the The Great Kavir desert Bulkh has three primary climate zones. Arid in the interior and tropical on the coast with a semi-arid interface zone between them. The Baqunah Mountain Range forms a small, high-elevation humid continental zone. 
 
Climate varies greatly within Bulkh. In the highlands, temperatures range between 10 and 20 °C (50 and 68 °F) during cold and hot seasons respectively. The rest of the country has temperatures rarely falling lower than 20 °C (68 °F). The hottest period extends between November and February (25–31 °C or 77.0–87.8 °F) while the coldest period occurs between May and August (15–20 °C or 59–68 °F). Annual temperature is 20 °C (68.0 °F). The climate is cool in high mountainous regions.
Coastal Bulkh has two major rainfall periods: one is uni-modal (October–April) and the other is bi-modal (October–December and March–May). The former is experienced in southern and central parts of the country, and the latter is found along the northern coast. The bi-modal rainfall is caused by the seasonal migration of the {{wpl|Intertropical Convergence Zone}}.

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| width = auto 
| metric first = Yes 
| single line  = Yes 
| location     = Al Qadria
| collapsed = No
| Jan record high C = 35.0
| Feb record high C = 35.2
| Mar record high C = 35.0
| Apr record high C = 35.0
| May record high C = 32.9
| Jun record high C = 33.0
| Jul record high C = 31.8
| Aug record high C = 31.9
| Sep record high C = 33.8
| Oct record high C = 33.7
| Nov record high C = 34.0
| Dec record high C = 34.5
| year record high C = 35.2
| Jan high C = 31.8
| Feb high C = 32.4
| Mar high C = 32.1
| Apr high C = 30.7
| May high C = 29.8
| Jun high C = 29.3
| Jul high C = 28.9
| Aug high C = 29.4
| Sep high C = 30.3
| Oct high C = 30.9
| Nov high C = 31.4
| Dec high C = 31.6
| year high C = 30.7
| Jan low C = 23.5
| Feb low C = 23.3
| Mar low C = 22.8
| Apr low C = 22.4
| May low C = 21.3
| Jun low C = 19.2
| Jul low C = 18.2
| Aug low C = 18.1
| Sep low C = 18.4
| Oct low C = 19.7
| Nov low C = 21.3
| Dec low C = 22.8
| year low C = 20.9
| Jan record low C = 18.1
| Feb record low C = 18.4
| Mar record low C = 19.6
| Apr record low C = 19.6
| May record low C = 16.2
| Jun record low C = 14.4
| Jul record low C = 13.7
| Aug record low C = 12.8
| Sep record low C = 14.3
| Oct record low C = 15.8
| Nov record low C = 17.6
| Dec record low C = 18.8
| year record low C = 12.8
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 76.3
| Feb rain mm = 54.9
| Mar rain mm = 138.1
| Apr rain mm = 254.2
| May rain mm = 197.8
| Jun rain mm = 42.9
| Jul rain mm = 25.6
| Aug rain mm = 24.1
| Sep rain mm = 22.8
| Oct rain mm = 69.3
| Nov rain mm = 125.9
| Dec rain mm = 117.8
| year rain mm = 1149.7
| unit rain days = 1.0 mm
| Jan rain days = 7
| Feb rain days = 4
| Mar rain days = 11
| Apr rain days = 18
| May rain days = 13
| Jun rain days = 5
| Jul rain days = 4
| Aug rain days = 4
| Sep rain days = 3
| Oct rain days = 5
| Nov rain days = 8
| Dec rain days = 9
| year rain days = 
| Jan humidity = 77
| Feb humidity = 76
| Mar humidity = 80
| Apr humidity = 84
| May humidity = 81
| Jun humidity = 78
| Jul humidity = 77
| Aug humidity = 76
| Sep humidity = 75
| Oct humidity = 76
| Nov humidity = 78
| Dec humidity = 78
| year humidity = 79 
| Jan sun = 235.6
| Feb sun = 223.2
| Mar sun = 213.9
| Apr sun = 156.0
| May sun = 213.9
| Jun sun = 222.0
| Jul sun = 223.2
| Aug sun = 266.6
| Sep sun = 252.0
| Oct sun = 275.9
| Nov sun = 252.0
| Dec sun = 241.8
| year sun = 
| Jand sun  = 7.6
| Febd sun  = 7.9
| Mard sun  = 6.9
| Aprd sun  = 5.2
| Mayd sun  = 6.9
| Jund sun  = 7.4
| Juld sun  = 7.2
| Augd sun  = 8.6
| Sepd sun  = 8.4
| Octd sun  = 8.9
| Novd sun  = 8.4
| Decd sun  = 7.8
| yeard sun = 7.6
}}

==Government and Politics==
Bulkh is a secular {{wpl|Consociationalism|Consociational}} democratically elected oligarchic state with power being shared by the elites of the majority Muslim Arab community (68% of the population) and the minority Christian (20% of the population) and Bedouin (12% of the population) communities. Representatives to the ''Constituent Council'' are directly elected by their constituency and serve for a term of 3 years. There is a 4 term limit to service on the Constituent Council.

From within the elected members of the legislative body a ''Most Elected Minister'' is elected for a 6 year period to serve as the head of the executive branch. There are no term limits to the Executive branch.

===Federal subdivisions===
Buhlk is divided into 5 provinces and a Federal District.
*The Federal District
*Southern coastal region to be named
*Central coastal region to be named
*Northern coastal region to be named
*Northern half of the interior
*Southern half of the interior
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The population in Bulkh are majority Muslim with 68% population professing that faith. Of those 59% are of the Sunni branch of Islam and 9% are of the Shia branch. There is a long history of sectarian violence between the two factions, which was exploited by the during the [[Burgoignesc South Levantine Trading Company|Bourgondii Royal Trading Company]] during the [[Burgoignesc colonial empire|Kandahari-Pukhtun colony and the Bulkhawan Presidency]]. The majority of Shia Muslims were pushed into newighboring [[Umardwal]] which is a majority Shia nation. In modern Bulkh, especially since secularization in the latter half of the 20th century, sectarian violence has almost entirely disappeared, but it does rear its ugly head when there are times of uncertainty and upheaval.

Also as a result of [[Burgoignesc colonial empire|colonization]] there is a sizable Christian minority in Bulkh, around 20% of the total population. The Calvinist faiths, predominately [[Mercantile Reform Protestantism]], because Bulkh was colonized as a [[Pharisedom]], are chief among them, 15% of the total population. However, there is a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] populace in the country as well. The Archbishop of Bulkh is Farajallah bin Tawil. He oversees three Dioceses, the Diocese of al-Qadria which covers the southern half of the coastal region, led by Bishop Ikram bin Idris; the Dioceses of Port Abultah which covers the northern half of the coast, led by Bishop Naadir el-Arafat; and the Diocese of Tel Kernah, the interior diocese, led by Bishop Thaamir bin Tamer. During the colonial period the Christian population was a much larger portion of the total population but after the departure fo the [[Bergendii]] in the 1830s the faith dwindled significantly both through reprisal killings and also mass conversions. The percentage of Bulkhan's self-reporting as Christian has increased significantly since [[Operation Kipling]] in the 1960s, 70s, and early 80s. Interaction with large numbers of [[Bergendii]] and [[Urcea]]n soldiers, diplomats, and business persons made it en vogue and modern to convert to a form of Christianity, especially in the more affluent and intellectual circles.

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