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Jalalaqsi
Jalalaqsi (Jalalassi ciidsheikhhirab)[1] is a town in the south-central Hiran province of Somalia. It is situated on the Shebelle River, between Buuloburde and Jowhar.
Jalalaqsi ciid sheikh hirab | |
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Town | |
Jalalaqsi ciid sheikh hirab Location in Somalia. | |
| Coordinates: 3°24′0″N 45°35′0″E / 3.40000°N 45.58333°E | |
| Country | Somalia |
| State | Hirshabelle |
| Region | Hiiraan Ciid sheikh hirab ciid miciyey |
| Population | |
| • Total | 11,800 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Demographics Edit
Jalalaqsi has a population of around 60,800 inhabitants.[2] The broader Jalalaqsi District has a total population of 80,724 residents.[3]
History Edit
In the mid-1988s there were four refugee camps with a population of around 85,000 Somalis in Jalalaqsi. At that time it was the third largest settlement in Somalia after Mogadishu and Hargeisa.[4]
Climate Edit
| Climate data for Jalalaqsi | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 35.6 (96.1) | 37.0 (98.6) | 32.5 (90.5) | 37.5 (99.5) | 34.8 (94.6) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.0 (89.6) | 32.7 (90.9) | 34.3 (93.7) | 34.9 (94.8) | 35.4 (95.7) | 35.0 (95.0) | 34.6 (94.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.9 (71.4) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.3 (72.1) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.6 (70.9) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.4 (72.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 22 (0.9) | 77 (3.0) | 81 (3.2) | 8 (0.3) | 15 (0.6) | 5 (0.2) | 10 (0.4) | 81 (3.2) | 59 (2.3) | 12 (0.5) | 374 (14.8) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
Notable residents Edit
- Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, President of Somalia
Notes Edit
- ^ "Jalalaqsi". Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. World Gazetteer
- ^ "Somalia City & Town Population". Tageo. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)" (PDF). UNDP. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ De Montclos & Kagwanja, Journal of Refugee Studies Vol. 13, No. 2 2000: Refugee Camps or Cities? The Socio-economic Dynamics of the Dadaab and Kakuma Camps in Northern Kenya
- ^ "Climate: Jalalaqsi - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
References Edit
- Jalalaqsi
External links Edit
- "Jalalaqsi Map — Satellite Images of Jalalaqsi" Maplandia World Gazetteer