Al Jawf, Libya

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Town in Cyrenaica, Libya

Al Jawf

الجوف

Town

Al Jawf

Location in Libya

Coordinates: 24°13′N 23°18′E﻿ / ﻿24.217°N 23.300°E﻿ / 24.217; 23.300
Country|  Libya
Region| Cyrenaica
District| Kufra
Elevation

| 2,238 ft (682 m)
Population

(2022)

• Total| 18,587
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)

Al Jawf (Arabic: الجوف Al Ğawf) is a town in southeastern Libya, the capital of the Kufra district in Libya.

The city has an elevation of 382.2 m (1,254 feet). in 2022, the city's population was 18,587.[1] Al Jawf receives almost no rain whatsoever, averaging only 2.5mm (.1 inch) per year. Summer high temperatures average above 37.8 °C (100 °F).

The city lies in the largest oasis in the Kufra basin,[2] extracting the water from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System. It is one of the most heavily irrigated oases in the Sahara. The surrounding area contains clusters of center-pivot irrigation systems used for agriculture. The distinctive pattern was photographed from orbit by the crew of the International Space Station in 2016.[3]

Irrigation at Al Jawf oasis

## Climate[edit]

Al Jawf has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh).

Climate data for Al Jawf

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Average high °C (°F)  | 21
(69)  | 23
(74)  | 28
(82)  | 33
(91)  | 36
(97)  | 39
(102)  | 38
(100)  | 38
(101)  | 36
(96)  | 32
(90)  | 27
(81)  | 23
(73)  | 31
(88)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 11
(51)  | 13
(55)  | 16
(61)  | 20
(68)  | 24
(75)  | 27
(81)  | 28
(83)  | 29
(85)  | 25
(77)  | 22
(71)  | 18
(64)  | 12
(53)  | 20
(68)
Average low °C (°F)  | 5
(41)  | 7
(44)  | 10
(50)  | 15
(59)  | 19
(67)  | 22
(72)  | 23
(73)  | 23
(74)  | 21
(69)  | 17
(62)  | 12
(53)  | 7
(45)  | 15
(59)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 2.5
(0.1)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 2.5
(0.1)
Source: Weatherbase [4]

## Sources[edit]

* Bertarelli, L.V. (1929). Guida d'Italia, Vol. XVII (in Italian). Milano: Consociazione Turistica Italiana.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Population of Al-Jawf In 2023 - statistics". all-populations.com. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
2. ^ Bertarelli (1929), p. 514.
3. ^ "Al Jawf, Eastern Libya". earthobservatory.nasa.gov. January 2, 2017.
4. ^ "Weatherbase: Weather For Al Jawf, Libya". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 23, 2011.

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Kufra District, Libya

Capital|

* Al Jawf

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* Wadi Zighen
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Administrative seats of the districts of Libya

* Ajdabiya
* Al Jawf
* ‘Aziziya
* Beida
* Benghazi
* Brak
* Derna
* Gharian
* Ghat
* Hun
* Khoms
* Marj
* Misrata
* Murzuk
* Nalut
* Sebha
* Sirte
* Tripoli
* Tobruk
* Ubari
* Zawiya
* Zuwara

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