Sankal
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Sankal سانكال | |
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Village | |
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Coordinates: 10°58′21″N 42°12′11″E / 10.97250°N 42.20306°E | |
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Region | Dikhil |
Elevation | 457 m (1,499 ft) |
Sankal (Arabic: سانكال) is a village in southwestern Djibouti. It is situated about 24 kilometres (15 miles) southwestern of Dikhil and 1 km north of the border with Ethiopia.
Overview
[edit]Nearby towns and villages include Dikhil (26 km), Bondara (15 km) and As Eyla (12 km). The village inhabitants belong to various mainly Afro-Asiatic-speaking ethnic groups, with the Issa Somali predominant.
Climate
[edit]Sankal has a hot arid climate (Köppen BWh), with two main seasons. There is a short monsoonal wet season from July to September and a length dry season covering the rest of the year.
Climate data for Sankal | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.7 (78.3) | 26.0 (78.8) | 27.2 (81.0) | 29.0 (84.2) | 31.9 (89.4) | 36.0 (96.8) | 38.7 (101.7) | 38.2 (100.8) | 34.2 (93.6) | 30.1 (86.2) | 27.8 (82.0) | 26.3 (79.3) | 30.9 (87.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) | 19.5 (67.1) | 20.8 (69.4) | 22.4 (72.3) | 24.0 (75.2) | 26.3 (79.3) | 28.1 (82.6) | 27.6 (81.7) | 25.9 (78.6) | 22.6 (72.7) | 20.1 (68.2) | 18.6 (65.5) | 22.9 (73.2) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 5 (0.2) | 8 (0.3) | 11 (0.4) | 22 (0.9) | 5 (0.2) | 3 (0.1) | 32 (1.3) | 40 (1.6) | 39 (1.5) | 10 (0.4) | 4 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | 181 (7.2) |
Source: Climate-Data.org |
References
[edit]- "Sankal, Djibouti". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.