Adailou
Adailou أديلو | |
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Town | |
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  Adailou أديلو Location in Djibouti | |
| Coordinates: 11°57′N 42°44′E / 11.950°N 42.733°E | |
| Country |  Djibouti |
| Region | Tadjoura |
| Elevation | 1,050 m (3,440 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,017 |
Adailou (Arabic: أديلو) is a town in the Tadjoura region of Djibouti. It sprawls on a wide basin surrounded by granitic mountains on all sides. Adailou has one of the mildest climates in Djibouti, which is not always passable during the rainy season.
Overview
[edit]Adaylou is one of the largest villages in the Tadjourah region north of Djibouti. According to tradition, the village is where the ancestor of Adaal, Haral-Maahis, gave birth to his lineage.
Demographics
[edit]The majority of the population of Adailou is Afars.
Economy
[edit]One of the distinctive features of Adailou countryside is the widespread growing of vegetables. Many agriculture are located throughout the town.
Climate
[edit]Known for its mild climate, Adailou is unusual like Airolaf and Randa in hosting a large camp in the summer, during which life in Tadjoura and Djibouti City is difficult because of the heat. Winters are mild with an average temperature of 18 °C or 64.4 °F and an average minimum of 13 °C or 55.4 °F in January, the coolest month. Summers are hot with June being the hottest month, averaging 34.4 °C or 93.9 °F during the day and 23 °C or 73.4 °F during the night. The town has its dry season from April through to May.
Adailou has overall a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) in Köppen-Geiger system.
| Climate data for Adailou | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
24.0 (75.2) |
25.9 (78.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
34.2 (93.6) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.5 (92.3) |
31.9 (89.4) |
28.6 (83.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
23.5 (74.3) |
28.7 (83.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
16.0 (60.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
20.3 (68.5) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
15.8 (60.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 36 (1.4) |
34 (1.3) |
22 (0.9) |
28 (1.1) |
14 (0.6) |
8 (0.3) |
26 (1.0) |
39 (1.5) |
39 (1.5) |
13 (0.5) |
35 (1.4) |
28 (1.1) |
322 (12.6) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[1] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Climate: Adailou - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 14 October 2016.