Al Jawf, Libya
Al Jawf الجوف | |
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Town | |
24°13′N 23°18′E / 24.217°N 23.300°E / 24.217; 23.300 | |
Country | Libya |
Region | Cyrenaica |
District | Kufra |
Elevation | 1,253 ft (382 m) |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 18,587 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
Al Jawf (Arabic: الجوف Al Ğawf) is a town in southeastern Libya, the capital of the Kufra district in Libya.
The city has an elevation of 382.2 m (1,254 feet). in 2022, the city's population was 18,587.[1] Al Jawf receives almost no rain whatsoever, averaging only 2.5 millimetres or 0.1 inches per year. Summer high temperatures average above 38 °C or 100 °F.
The city lies in the largest oasis in the Kufra basin,[2] extracting the water from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System. It is one of the most heavily irrigated oases in the Sahara. The surrounding area contains clusters of center-pivot irrigation systems used for agriculture. The distinctive pattern was photographed from orbit by the crew of the International Space Station in 2016.[3]
Climate
Al Jawf has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh).
Climate data for Al Jawf | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21 (69) | 23 (74) | 28 (82) | 33 (91) | 36 (97) | 39 (102) | 38 (100) | 38 (101) | 36 (96) | 32 (90) | 27 (81) | 23 (73) | 31 (88) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 11 (51) | 13 (55) | 16 (61) | 20 (68) | 24 (75) | 27 (81) | 28 (83) | 29 (85) | 25 (77) | 22 (71) | 18 (64) | 12 (53) | 20 (68) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5 (41) | 7 (44) | 10 (50) | 15 (59) | 19 (67) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 23 (74) | 21 (69) | 17 (62) | 12 (53) | 7 (45) | 15 (59) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.5 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2.5 (0.1) |
Source: Weatherbase [4] |
Sources
- Bertarelli, L.V. (1929). Guida d'Italia, Vol. XVII (in Italian). Milano: Consociazione Turistica Italiana.