The town is located at 1320 m altitude, 50 km northeast of Herat.Karukh's busy bazaar is continuously mentioned in travelogues down through the centuries.

The shrine of Alla Berdi, Sufi ul-Islam, stands there.

July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 24.9 °C.

The coldest month January has an average temperature of 0.7 °C.

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