Tokar, Sudan
Tokar
طوكر | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan |
| State | Red Sea |
| Elevation | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
• Total | 37,051 |
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.
The town lies in the delta of the Baraka River. Since the 1860s, cotton has been grown in the delta.[2]
History
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The Battle of Tokar took place in February 24, 1891. The battle was marked the first occasion that Egypt, with British assistance, defeated the forces of the Mahdi during the Mahdist war.[3][4]
Climate
[edit | edit source]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.[5]
| Climate data for Tokar | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.2 (82.8) |
28.7 (83.7) |
30.9 (87.6) |
33.7 (92.7) |
37.7 (99.9) |
42.3 (108.1) |
42.9 (109.2) |
42.4 (108.3) |
41.3 (106.3) |
36.8 (98.2) |
33.1 (91.6) |
29.8 (85.6) |
35.7 (96.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.4 (75.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
27.8 (82.0) |
31.1 (88.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
30.6 (87.1) |
27.8 (82.0) |
25.6 (78.1) |
29.5 (85.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.9 (69.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.3 (82.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 17 (0.7) |
4 (0.2) |
1 (0.0) |
2 (0.1) |
2 (0.1) |
1 (0.0) |
5 (0.2) |
4 (0.2) |
1 (0.0) |
7 (0.3) |
22 (0.9) |
16 (0.6) |
82 (3.3) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 66 | 64 | 59 | 50 | 37 | 34 | 36 | 42 | 58 | 63 | 67 | 54 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 7.0 | 5.1 | 6.7 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 7.1 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 6.8 |
| Source: Arab Meteorology Book[6] | |||||||||||||
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