Geneina
Geneina (sometimes Al-Junaynah) (Arabic: الجنينة, lit. the little garden) is a city in Darfur, and is the capital of the state of West Darfur. As of 2008 it had a population of 252,744.[1]
Geneina
الجنينة Al-Junaynah | |
|---|---|
  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) |
Climate
Geneina has a hot semi-arid climate climate classification (BSh).
| 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 precipitation 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 |
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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.
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