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  Guelmim Location in Morocco  Guelmim Guelmim (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 28°59′N 10°04′W / 28.983°N 10.067°W | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Guelmim-Oued Noun |
| Province | Guelmim |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Total | 118,318 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Guelmim (Arabic: كلميم, romanized: kulmīm, Moroccan Arabic: ڭلميم, romanized: gulmīm, Hassaniyya: گليميم, romanized: gleymīm, Tachelhit: ⴳⵯⴻⵍⵎⵉⵎ, romanized: gʷelmim; also spelled in European sources: Glaimim, Goulimine or Guelmin) is a city in southern Morocco, often called Gateway to the Desert. It is the capital of the Guelmim-Assif Noun region which includes southern Morocco (south of the Souss-Massa region) and the northeastern corner of Western Sahara. The population of the city was 187,808 as of the 2014 Moroccan census,[1] making it the largest city in the region. The N1 and N12 highways cross at Guelmim and link it to the nearby region of Souss-Massa.
Guelmim is located just north of Asrir, which was the site of an important trade-route city and the capital of the Saharan Berber tribes. It is home to a camel market. Most of the inhabitants speak either the Tachelhit language or the Hassaniya dialect of Sahrawi Arabs, as it is part of the Sahrawi-inhabited southern region of Morocco.
Climate
[edit]Guelmim has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh).
| Climate data for Guelmim (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) | 32.2 (90.0) | 37.2 (99.0) | 38.8 (101.8) | 44.2 (111.6) | 46.3 (115.3) | 47.6 (117.7) | 47.0 (116.6) | 44.5 (112.1) | 42.6 (108.7) | 35.3 (95.5) | 30.0 (86.0) | 47.6 (117.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.9 (69.6) | 22.4 (72.3) | 24.9 (76.8) | 25.4 (77.7) | 27.0 (80.6) | 29.2 (84.6) | 32.9 (91.2) | 34.1 (93.4) | 31.3 (88.3) | 29.1 (84.4) | 24.9 (76.8) | 21.8 (71.2) | 27.0 (80.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) | 16.1 (61.0) | 18.4 (65.1) | 19.2 (66.6) | 20.9 (69.6) | 22.9 (73.2) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.5 (79.7) | 24.3 (75.7) | 22.5 (72.5) | 18.7 (65.7) | 16.0 (60.8) | 20.5 (68.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.5 (47.3) | 9.8 (49.6) | 11.7 (53.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 14.7 (58.5) | 16.5 (61.7) | 18.1 (64.6) | 18.9 (66.0) | 17.4 (63.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 12.4 (54.3) | 10.0 (50.0) | 13.9 (57.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.7 (33.3) | 1.3 (34.3) | 4.0 (39.2) | 6.0 (42.8) | 7.4 (45.3) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.4 (56.1) | 13.2 (55.8) | 9.2 (48.6) | 7.2 (45.0) | 3.0 (37.4) | 1.6 (34.9) | 0.7 (33.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 13.4 (0.53) | 16.6 (0.65) | 16.8 (0.66) | 5.5 (0.22) | 2.8 (0.11) | 0.6 (0.02) | 0.1 (0.00) | 2.9 (0.11) | 5.2 (0.20) | 11.6 (0.46) | 22.2 (0.87) | 21.2 (0.83) | 118.9 (4.68) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 18.0 |
| Source: NOAA[2] | |||||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D'APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "Guelmim Climate Normals 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
External links
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Media related to Guelmim at Wikimedia Commons
- Lexicorient Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
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