Dhamar, Yemen
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Dhamar
ذَمَار | |
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City | |
UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
Dhamar (
Arabic: ذَمَار, romanized: Ḏamār; Old South Arabian: 𐩹𐩣𐩧 Ḏmr) is a city in south-western Yemen. It is located at 14°33′0″N 44°24′6″E / 14.55000°N 44.40167°E
, at an elevation of around 2,400 m (7,900 ft).
Overview
Dhamar is situated 100 km (62 mi) to the south of
caliph Abu Bakr. As Dhamar City had a great role in Yemen's political and economic life, it had an important historical role in Yemen before the lifetime of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. The antique Yemeni engravings mentioned Dhamar city as being a very famous center of the Islamic studies and sciences, and many of the great scientists are attributed to this historical town. In past times, the people of Dhamar were known for bringing up horses; the city was an early center of horse-breeding in Arabia. The town is still known in Yemen for its numerous historical mosques and schools, which are distinguished by their characteristic architecture in harmony with the colours of its volcanic land.[citation needed] A volcanic field, Harras of Dhamar, extends 80 km (50 mi) to the east of the city.[1]
The city of Dhamar, in the center of the Dhamar basin, is of ancient origin. It was built by the legendary
Arabia described in the Fama Fraternitatis, inhabited by scholars and alchemists who studied the lost secrets of Hermes Trismegistus and Solomon, visited by Christian Rosenkreuz.[citation needed
]
Climate
Dhamar has a
cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification
: BSk).
Climate data for Dhamar | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.2 (70.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
28.1 (82.6) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.8 (69.4) |
24.1 (75.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.8 (53.2) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.2 (61.2) |
17.9 (64.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
16.4 (61.5) |
13.9 (57.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
16.1 (60.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.4 (36.3) |
2.0 (35.6) |
6.3 (43.3) |
7.6 (45.7) |
9.9 (49.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
13.4 (56.1) |
13.1 (55.6) |
10.7 (51.3) |
9.3 (48.7) |
6.7 (44.1) |
4.9 (40.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7 (0.3) |
8 (0.3) |
18 (0.7) |
50 (2.0) |
45 (1.8) |
15 (0.6) |
76 (3.0) |
110 (4.3) |
31 (1.2) |
6 (0.2) |
8 (0.3) |
3 (0.1) |
377 (14.8) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[2] |
Notable residents
- Nabil Mohammed Al-Garbi- Olympic Yemeni long-distance runner
- Shoshana Damari (1923-2006), Israeli singer
References
- OCLC 886615186
- ^ "Climate: Dhamar - Climate-Data.org". Retrieved 1 November 2017.