Sankal (Arabic: سانكال) is a village in southwestern Djibouti. It is situated about 24 kilometres (15 miles) southwestern of Dikhil and 1 km north of the border with Ethiopia.
Sankal سانكال | |
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Village | |
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  Sankal سانكال Location in Djibouti | |
| Coordinates: 10°58′21″N 42°12′11″E / 10.97250°N 42.20306°E | |
| Country |  Djibouti |
| Region | Dikhil |
| Elevation | 457 m (1,499 ft) |
Overview edit
Nearby towns and villages include Dikhil (26 km), Bondara (15 km) and As Eyla (12 km). The village inhabitants belong to various mainly Afro-Asiatic-speaking ethnic groups, with the Issa Somali predominant.
Climate edit
Sankal has a hot arid climate (Köppen BWh), with two main seasons. There is a short monsoonal wet season from July to September and a length dry season covering the rest of the year.
| Climate data for Sankal | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.7 (78.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
27.2 (81.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
31.9 (89.4) |
36.0 (96.8) |
38.7 (101.7) |
38.2 (100.8) |
34.2 (93.6) |
30.1 (86.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
26.3 (79.3) |
30.9 (87.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
20.8 (69.4) |
22.4 (72.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.6 (81.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
22.6 (72.7) |
20.1 (68.2) |
18.6 (65.5) |
22.9 (73.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 5 (0.2) |
8 (0.3) |
11 (0.4) |
22 (0.9) |
5 (0.2) |
3 (0.1) |
32 (1.3) |
40 (1.6) |
39 (1.5) |
10 (0.4) |
4 (0.2) |
2 (0.1) |
181 (7.2) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org | |||||||||||||
References edit
- "Sankal, Djibouti". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
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