Ad-Damazin
Ad-Damazin (Arabic: الدمازين, romanized: Ad-Damāzīn) is a flourishing city and the capital city of Blue Nile, Sudan. It is the location of the Roseires Dam and power generation plant.
Ad-Damazin | |
|---|---|
  Ad-Damazin Location in Sudan | |
| Coordinates: 11°46′N 34°21′E | |
| Country |  Sudan |
| State | Blue Nile |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 186,051 |
| Time zone | CAT |
Ad-Damazin is served by a terminal station of a branch line of the national railway network. However, the train service to Ad-Damazin has been discontinued many years ago. Instead the town can be reached from Khartoum via a decent tarmac road and by plane. However, Damazin Airport is mainly served by UNMIS or government flights. Ad-Damazin is a city filled with many dialects, but the majority of the population speaks Sudanese Arabic, which is an accent of the original Arabic language. The city lies west of the Nile river and northwest of the Roseires reservoir.
Blue Nile University (Jameat Al Neel Alazraq) is a public university located in Ad-Damazin, established in 1995.[1]
Climate
Ad-Damazin has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh).
| Climate data for Ad-Damazin (1961-1990) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 41.1 (106.0) |
44.3 (111.7) |
44.5 (112.1) |
45.5 (113.9) |
47.0 (116.6) |
42.0 (107.6) |
39.0 (102.2) |
37.0 (98.6) |
38.1 (100.6) |
40.0 (104.0) |
41.0 (105.8) |
41.5 (106.7) |
47.0 (116.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 35.2 (95.4) |
37.1 (98.8) |
39.5 (103.1) |
40.5 (104.9) |
38.5 (101.3) |
35.2 (95.4) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
35.2 (95.4) |
36.9 (98.4) |
35.7 (96.3) |
35.8 (96.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) |
27.7 (81.9) |
30.7 (87.3) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.7 (89.1) |
29.1 (84.4) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.7 (80.1) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.9 (82.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
28.3 (82.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 16.8 (62.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
23.9 (75.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
22.9 (73.2) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.2 (70.2) |
19.0 (66.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 8.5 (47.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.0 (64.4) |
17.5 (63.5) |
15.9 (60.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.5 (63.5) |
14.3 (57.7) |
12.0 (53.6) |
8.7 (47.7) |
8.5 (47.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.0 (0.0) |
0.1 (0.00) |
2.8 (0.11) |
12.9 (0.51) |
40.2 (1.58) |
114.4 (4.50) |
189.2 (7.45) |
171.8 (6.76) |
133.6 (5.26) |
45.7 (1.80) |
2.1 (0.08) |
0.1 (0.00) |
712.9 (28.05) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 6.0 | 12.3 | 16.1 | 16.9 | 12.4 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 70.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 29 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 43 | 59 | 72 | 79 | 76 | 67 | 38 | 32 | 46.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 303.8 | 280.0 | 294.5 | 288.0 | 257.3 | 201.0 | 170.5 | 182.9 | 204.0 | 251.1 | 279.0 | 294.5 | 3,006.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 85 | 85 | 79 | 78 | 66 | 53 | 44 | 45 | 56 | 68 | 83 | 83 | 69 |
| Source: NOAA[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Blue Nile University". African Studies Center. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- "Damazin Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 17, 2016.