Al-Fashir

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Al-Fashir

الفاشر
Town
Aerial view of Al-Fashir
Aerial view of Al-Fashir
Al-Fashir is located in Sudan
Al-Fashir
Al-Fashir
Location in Sudan
Coordinates: 13°37′50″N 25°21′0″E / 13.63056°N 25.35000°E / 13.63056; 25.35000Coordinates: 13°37′50″N 25°21′0″E / 13.63056°N 25.35000°E / 13.63056; 25.35000
CountryFlag of Sudan.svg Sudan
StateNorth Darfur
Population
 (2012)
 • Total263,243

Al Fashir, Al-Fashir or El Fasher (Arabic: الفاشر‎) is the capital city of North Darfur, Sudan. It is a large town in the Darfur region of northwestern Sudan, 195 kilometres (121 mi) northeast of Nyala, Sudan. [1] A historical caravan post, Al-Fashir is located at an elevation of about 700 metres (2,300 ft).[1] The town serves as an agricultural marketing point for the cereals and fruits grown in the surrounding region. Al-Fashir is linked by road with both Geneina and . Al-Fashir had 264,734 residents as of 2006, an increase from 2001, when the population was estimated to be 178,500.[1]

Due to the nearby [2] and [3] IDP camps with the influx of humanitarian aid from the United Nations as a result of the Darfur crisis, the city has experienced a significant economic and population boom. Rents and retail sales increased, including the selling of bottled water and the opening of a pizza parlor to cater to the demand from western aid workers. The number of gas stations has tripled in three years as a result of the increase in the amount of automobiles in the city. Employment opportunities also increased as the United Nations offered jobs to citizens. Economics analyst Adam Ahmed stated that the "people [of Al-Fashir] are beginning to think in a more business-minded way" to make the most of their situation.[4]

Al Fashir University was created in 1990 by decree of President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir, and was officially opened in February 1991 in premises west of El Fasher Airport and south of the El Fashir School.[5]

History[]

Late in the 18th century, Sultan of the Darfur moved his itinerant court (fashir) to a site called Rahad Tendelti, which soon took the name Al-Fashir.[6] A town developed around the sultan's palace grounds.[1] It was one of the cities Amelia Earhart visited while attempting to cross the world.[7]

Climate[]

Al-Fashir has a hot arid climate (Köppen BWh) with three distinct seasons. There is a bone-dry and relatively "cool" season from October to February when temperatures are merely hot by afternoon and comfortable in the mornings, which gives way to a sweltering and equally arid "hot season" from March to May with high temperatures around 38 °C or 100.4 °F and morning lows of 21 °C or 69.8 °F. The Sahelian monsoon arrives in June and lasts until September, creating a short wet season that produces virtually all the year's rainfall of around 210 millimetres or 8.3 inches, accompanied by extremely unpleasant conditions with much higher humidity than during the remainder of the year.

hideClimate data for Al-Fashir
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 37.7
(99.9) 		40.1
(104.2) 		42.2
(108.0) 		43.0
(109.4) 		43.2
(109.8) 		42.5
(108.5) 		41.7
(107.1) 		39.7
(103.5) 		40.2
(104.4) 		39.8
(103.6) 		38.0
(100.4) 		36.5
(97.7) 		43.2
(109.8)
Average high °C (°F) 29.8
(85.6) 		31.9
(89.4) 		35.6
(96.1) 		37.8
(100.0) 		38.9
(102.0) 		38.4
(101.1) 		35.4
(95.7) 		33.9
(93.0) 		35.7
(96.3) 		36.0
(96.8) 		32.7
(90.9) 		30.0
(86.0) 		34.7
(94.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) 19.7
(67.5) 		21.7
(71.1) 		25.5
(77.9) 		28.1
(82.6) 		30.1
(86.2) 		30.7
(87.3) 		28.9
(84.0) 		27.9
(82.2) 		28.5
(83.3) 		27.5
(81.5) 		23.0
(73.4) 		20.1
(68.2) 		26.0
(78.8)
Average low °C (°F) 9.5
(49.1) 		11.4
(52.5) 		15.5
(59.9) 		18.3
(64.9) 		21.3
(70.3) 		23.0
(73.4) 		22.5
(72.5) 		21.8
(71.2) 		21.2
(70.2) 		18.9
(66.0) 		13.6
(56.5) 		10.3
(50.5) 		17.3
(63.1)
Record low °C (°F) 0.7
(33.3) 		1.4
(34.5) 		6.5
(43.7) 		8.2
(46.8) 		12.8
(55.0) 		15.7
(60.3) 		15.6
(60.1) 		13.5
(56.3) 		15.5
(59.9) 		7.1
(44.8) 		5.6
(42.1) 		2.0
(35.6) 		0.7
(33.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.3
(0.01) 		1.9
(0.07) 		7.0
(0.28) 		14.6
(0.57) 		59.1
(2.33) 		87.0
(3.43) 		35.5
(1.40) 		7.1
(0.28) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		212.5
(8.37)
Average rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.3 2.4 8.3 9.3 4.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 27.3
Average relative humidity (%) 24 21 18 18 22 33 52 61 46 30 27 26 31.5
Mean monthly sunshine hours 313.1 288.4 300.7 297.0 310.0 252.0 235.6 217.0 252.0 297.6 315.0 316.2 3,394.6
Percent possible sunshine 89 88 81 80 73 68 59 62 70 82 91 90 78
Source 1: NOAA[8]
Source 2: Climate Charts[9]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Al-Fashir" (description)[permanent dead link], Encyclopædia Britannica, 2007, webpage:
  2. ^ Mitchell, Andrea (2007) Talking Back...to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels (2nd edition) Penguin Books, New York, page xli, ISBN 978-0-14-303873-3
  3. ^ "Northern Darfur: Abu Shouk and Al Salam IDP Camps" Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine map, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Date Created: 1 February 2009
  4. ^ Sanders, Edmund. A Darfur capital is a humanitarian boomtown, Los Angeles Times, 2008-04-30.
  5. ^ "History of the University". Al Fashir University. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  6. ^ de Waal, Alex (2005). Famine That Kills: Darfur. Cary, NC: Oxford University Press. p. 60.
  7. ^ Vizard, Frank (February 1997) "On Earhart's Wings" Popular Science 250(2): pp. 50–52, page 51
  8. ^ "El Fasher (Al-Fashir) Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  9. ^ "El Fasher, Sudan: Climate, Global Warming, and Daylight Charts and Data". Climate Charts. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2013.

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