Geneina
Geneina (sometimes Al-Junaynah) (Arabic: الجنينة, lit. the little garden) is a city in West Darfur, part of dar Masalit region, that joined British Sudan at the end of 1919 through the Gilani agreement signed between the Masalit Sultanate and the Kingdom of Britain, according to which it became a territory.
Geneina
الجنينة Darmasalit | |
|---|---|
  Geneina Location of Geneina in Sudan | |
| Coordinates: 13°27′N 22°27′E | |
| Country |  Sudan |
| State | West Darfur |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 252,744 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
It is now the capital of the Sudanese state of West Darfur. As of 2008, it had a population of 252,744.[1]
Climate
Geneina has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh) with two distinct seasons: a short, warm and humid wet season from mid-June to late September and a long, hot, desiccating dry season covering the remaining nine months of the year.
| Climate data for Geneina (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 37.2 (99.0) |
39.6 (103.3) |
41.5 (106.7) |
42.2 (108.0) |
43.0 (109.4) |
42.0 (107.6) |
39.6 (103.3) |
40.0 (104.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
40.7 (105.3) |
37.4 (99.3) |
36.7 (98.1) |
43.0 (109.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31.0 (87.8) |
33.3 (91.9) |
36.1 (97.0) |
37.9 (100.2) |
38.3 (100.9) |
36.3 (97.3) |
32.4 (90.3) |
30.9 (87.6) |
33.5 (92.3) |
35.1 (95.2) |
33.1 (91.6) |
31.2 (88.2) |
34.1 (93.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.5 (70.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
29.0 (84.2) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.3 (84.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.7 (80.1) |
24.0 (75.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
26.0 (78.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 12.0 (53.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.1 (68.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.7 (69.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
14.9 (58.8) |
12.3 (54.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) |
3.4 (38.1) |
10.0 (50.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
15.0 (59.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
13.4 (56.1) |
9.5 (49.1) |
7.6 (45.7) |
5.0 (41.0) |
3.4 (38.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.2 (0.01) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.4 (0.02) |
5.2 (0.20) |
16.0 (0.63) |
45.3 (1.78) |
167.4 (6.59) |
214.4 (8.44) |
65.2 (2.57) |
9.6 (0.38) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0.0 (0.0) |
523.8 (20.62) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 14.4 | 15.9 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 47.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 18 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 24 | 41 | 64 | 73 | 59 | 32 | 21 | 19 | 32.8 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 310.0 | 285.6 | 294.5 | 288.0 | 297.6 | 267.0 | 229.4 | 210.8 | 243.0 | 300.7 | 315.0 | 319.3 | 3,360.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 83 | 84 | 76 | 78 | 75 | 76 | 56 | 54 | 68 | 82 | 90 | 91 | 76 |
| Source: NOAA[2] | |||||||||||||
Transportation
The locality is served by the Geneina Airport (IATA: EGN, ICAO: HSGN).
References
- 5th Sudan Population and Housing Census Priority Results (Report). Southern Sudan Centre for Census, Statistics and Evaluation. 2008. p. 11. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- "El Geneina Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
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