Wadi Halfa
Wadi Halfa
وادي حلفا | |
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City | |
Northern | |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 15,725 |
Wādī Ḥalfā (
Climate
Wadi Halfa has a
Wadi Halfa experiences long, hot summers and short, warm winters. The annual mean temperature is about 27 °C or 80.6 °F. From May to September, inclusively, the averages highs exceed 40 °C or 104 °F. The annual mean rate of potential evaporation is also among the highest found throughout the world, totalling as much as 5,930 millimetres or 230 inches.[5]
Climate data for Wadi Halfa (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1961–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 37.0 (98.6) |
41.6 (106.9) |
45.5 (113.9) |
47.0 (116.6) |
49.5 (121.1) |
48.7 (119.7) |
47.5 (117.5) |
47.6 (117.7) |
46.5 (115.7) |
45.0 (113.0) |
39.0 (102.2) |
36.0 (96.8) |
49.5 (121.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.5 (74.3) |
26.2 (79.2) |
30.7 (87.3) |
36.0 (96.8) |
39.9 (103.8) |
41.4 (106.5) |
41.6 (106.9) |
41.7 (107.1) |
39.9 (103.8) |
36.6 (97.9) |
29.6 (85.3) |
24.8 (76.6) |
34.3 (93.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.2 (63.0) |
19.3 (66.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
32.4 (90.3) |
33.9 (93.0) |
34.2 (93.6) |
34.8 (94.6) |
33.2 (91.8) |
30.1 (86.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
27.5 (81.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.9 (51.6) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
20.6 (69.1) |
24.9 (76.8) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.9 (82.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
17.4 (63.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) |
2.5 (36.5) |
6.0 (42.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.4 (56.1) |
15.5 (59.9) |
18.5 (65.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
12.3 (54.1) |
5.2 (41.4) |
2.0 (35.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0.5 (0.02) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.6 (0.02) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
42 | 36 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 30 | 39 | 45 | 30 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 306.9 | 277.2 | 306.9 | 303.0 | 319.3 | 333.0 | 341.0 | 328.6 | 306.0 | 313.1 | 306.0 | 328.6 | 3,769.6 |
Source: NOAA[6][7] |
History
Archaeological evidence indicates that settlements have existed in the area since ancient times,.
In 1885, Wadi Halfa entered a period of turmoil after falling under the
A river monitoring station functioned in Wadi Halfa between 1911 and 1931, to monitor changes associated with the Aswan reservoir, but from 1931 to 1962 it was moved to
Wadi Halfa was featured in part four, entitled "Shifting Sands", of the eight part
In 2005, a museum and interactive Nubian village were planned for Wadi Halfa,[18] but by 2014 nothing had been done.[19]
Economy
Agriculture plays an important role in local economy.[10] The Chinese have invested in a fish processing plant in the town.
Transport
The trans-African automobile route — the
In 2012 agreement was achieved between Sudan and Egypt to complete a
References
- ^ Formerly also romanized as Halfa and Wady Halfa.
- ^ a b c d e Middle East Record Volume 1, 1960. The Moshe Dayan Center. 1960. p. 416.
- ^ ISBN 9780891586111.
Halfa.
- ISBN 9780675099943.
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- ^ Brooks, Charles Ernest Pelham; Buxton, Patrick Alfred; (France), Société de géographie (1932-01-01). Le climat du Sahara et de l'Arabie (in French). Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Wadi Halfa". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ "Wadi Halfa Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ^ Omer, Ibrahim (December 2008). "Prehistory of the Sudan". Ancient Sudan — Kush. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Wādī Ḥalfā". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8108-7940-9.
- ISBN 978-90-04-14627-3.
- ^ "1820-1885 - The Turkiyah Pacification". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ^ Budge, Ernest A.W. The Egyptian Sudan: Its History and Monuments, Vol. II, pp. 461 ff. 1907 reprinted by Cosimo Classics (New York), 2010. Accessed 13 Feb 2014.
- ISBN 978-1-57607-925-6.
- ^ Henderson, K. D. D. (1946). Survey of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1898-1944. London,UK: Longmans, Green & Co. pp. 25–26.
- ISBN 978-1-4020-9726-3.
- ISBN 978-1-4766-1311-6.
- ISSN 1110-5097.
- ^ Elcheikh, Zeina (2014-01-13). "Beyond the Borders: Nubian Culture and Cultural Tourism". Preservation Journey. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
Further reading
- De Simone, Costanza. "Wadi Halfa Development and Museum","Incontro Mediterraneo" 13, 2008.
- De Simone, Costanza. Nubia and Nubians: The ‘Museumization’ of a Culture. Saarbrücken: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2015.
- Greene, David Lee; Armelagos, George J. (1972). The Wadi Halfa mesolithic population. Dept. of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts.
- Socio-economic survey of Wadi Halfa and Lake Nuba. ESRC. 1978.