Loyada
Loyada
Lowyacadde لويعدا | ||
|---|---|---|
Town | ||
Country  Djibouti | ||
| Region | Arta | |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) | |
| Population (2019) | ||
| • Total | 1,367 | |
Loyada (
Etymology
The name of the town derives from Afar Lē-ʿádu or Lē-ʿadó, which means "white watering-place" and in Somali became Loowyaʿádde, "with white calves", by cacography. The French colonial authorities wrote it "Loyada"; the standard Somali spelling is "Lawya caddo".[1]
History and politics
| Historical affiliations |
|---|
Kingdom of Adal Late 9th c. – 13th c.
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Ifat Sultanate 1285–1415
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| Adal Sultanate 1415–1577 |
Egypt Eyalet 1554–1882
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 French Somaliland 1883–1967
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| French Territory of the Afars and the Issas 1967–1977
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 Djibouti 1977–present
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The village stood on a low hill overlooking the
Between
In 1888, the colonial powers drew the border between British Somaliland and French Djibouti from Loyada south to Jaldessa.[1]
In August 1940 Loyada was occupied by the Italians, who remained in its fort for some months.
On 3 February 1976, insurgents of the Somali-backed
In the early 1990s, like much of Djibouti, the area was subject to conflict. Rebels took the town and were driven out by government forces, but on 5 May 1990 the Somali National Movement (SNM) attacked Loyada and killed a number of Somali National Army (SNA) people. The event, took place while negotiations between the Djibouti and Somali governments was taking place, and the Somali government protested to the Djibouti Ministry of Foreign Affairs, blaming the Djibouti government for the incident.[5]
The town is currently the only official border crossing between Djibouti Somaliland. Beginning late in 1999, Djibouti and Somaliland closed the border crossing several times for political reasons. In 2002, after Dahir Riyale Kahin became president of Somaliland, they agreed to reopen it.[6] The UNHCR has established a centre for the assistance of Somali refugees at Loyada.[7]
Climate
The average annual temperature in Loyada is 30 °C. About 163 mm of precipitation falls annually. The warmest month of the year is July with an average temperature of 36 °C. In January, the average temperature is 25.5 °C. It is the lowest average temperature of the whole year. (289 km).
| Climate data for Loyada | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.8 (83.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
30.5 (86.9) |
32.3 (90.1) |
34.3 (93.7) |
37.9 (100.2) |
40.5 (104.9) |
39.9 (103.8) |
36.3 (97.3) |
33.3 (91.9) |
31.0 (87.8) |
29.4 (84.9) |
33.6 (92.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.5 (68.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
25.9 (78.6) |
27.6 (81.7) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.7 (87.3) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.7 (85.5) |
26.3 (79.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 9 (0.4) |
16 (0.6) |
19 (0.7) |
20 (0.8) |
17 (0.7) |
0 (0) |
8 (0.3) |
4 (0.2) |
4 (0.2) |
22 (0.9) |
33 (1.3) |
11 (0.4) |
163 (6.5) |
| Source 1: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 6m[8] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Levoyageur[9] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
As of 2019[update], the population of Loyada has been estimated to be 1,367.
References
- ^ ISBN 9782877233637. Société d'études linguistiques et anthropologiques de France no. 364.
- ISBN 9780841901582.
- ISBN 9780850456295. (stating 31 children)
- ISBN 9780819196439.
- ISBN 978-0-8419-0561-0.
- ^ Africa South of the Sahara 2004. London: Europa. 2003. p. 360.
- UNHCR. 2010. p. 65.
- ^ a b "Climate: Loyada - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ "DJIBOUTI - DJIBOUTI : Climate, weather, temperatures". Levoyageur. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "City (town): Loyada: map, population, location". TipTopGlobe. Retrieved 10 October 2013.