Al Jawf, Libya
Al Jawf (Arabic: الجوف Al Ğawf) is a town in southeastern Libya, the capital of the Kufra district in Libya.
Irrigation at Al Jawf oasis
The city has an elevation of 382.2 m (1,254 feet). in 2022, the city's population was 18,587. 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, 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.
Climate
Al Jawf has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh).
| Climate data for Al Jawf | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||
Sources
- Bertarelli, L.V. (1929). Guida d'Italia, Vol. XVII (in Italian). Milano: Consociazione Turistica Italiana.
References
- ^ "Population of Al-Jawf In 2023 - statistics". all-populations.com. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
- ^ Bertarelli (1929), p. 514.
- ^ "Al Jawf, Eastern Libya". earthobservatory.nasa.gov. January 2, 2017.
- ^ "Weatherbase: Weather For Al Jawf, Libya". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 23, 2011.
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