Tokar (Arabic: طوكر), also transliterated Tawkar, is a town of 40,000 people near the Red Sea in northeastern Sudan. Tokar Game Reserve lies to the east of the town.
Tokar
طوكر | |
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  Tokar Location in Sudan | |
| Coordinates: 18°25′31″N 37°43′45″E / 18.42528°N 37.72917°E | |
| Country |  Sudan |
| State | Red Sea |
| Elevation | 70 ft (20 m) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
| • Total | 37,051 |
The town lies in the delta of the Baraka River. Since the 1860s cotton has been grown in the delta.[2]
Climate edit
The high temperature mean daily value, in the month of July, can reach 43 °C or 109.4 °F, the low temperature mean daily value does not go under 28 °C or 82.4 °F. In January the high temperature mean daily value is 28 °C or 82.4 °F and the low temperature mean daily value is 20 °C or 68 °F. The only rain in Tokar falls in the months of November, December, January and August. In the whole world only 48 locations are warmer than Tokar, and 166 are dryer.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Map of Tokar, Sudan, Africa". Collins Maps. Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ^ "Sudan - Irrigated Agriculture". Country-data.com. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ^ "Tokar, Sudan: Climate, Global Warming, and Daylight Charts and Data". Tokar, Sudan: Climate-charts.com. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
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