Al Jawf
الجوف
Town
Al Jawf is located in Libya
Al Jawf
Al Jawf
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 24°13′N 23°18′E / 24.217°N 23.300°E / 24.217; 23.300
Country Libya
RegionCyrenaica
DistrictKufra
Elevation
2,238 ft (682 m)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total18,587
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

Al Jawf (Arabic: الجوف Al Ğawf) is a town in southeastern Libya, the capital of the Kufra district in Libya.

The city has an elevation of 382.2 m (1,254 feet). in 2022, the city's population was 18,587.[1] Al Jawf receives almost no rain whatsoever, averaging only 2.5mm (.1 inch) per year. Summer high temperatures average above 37.8 °C (100 °F).

The city lies in the largest oasis in the Kufra basin,[2] 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.[3]

Irrigation at Al Jawf oasis

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 [4]

Sources

  • Bertarelli, L.V. (1929). Guida d'Italia, Vol. XVII (in Italian). Milano: Consociazione Turistica Italiana.

References

  1. ↑ "Population of Al-Jawf In 2023 - statistics". all-populations.com. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  2. ↑ Bertarelli (1929), p. 514.
  3. ↑ "Al Jawf, Eastern Libya". earthobservatory.nasa.gov. January 2, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Weatherbase: Weather For Al Jawf, Libya". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 23, 2011.
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