Guelmim

Place in Guelmim-Oued Noun, Morocco

Guelmim

كلميم (Arabic)
ڭلميم (Moroccan Arabic)
گليميم (Hassaniyya)
ⴳⵯⴻⵍⵎⵉⵎ (Tachelhit)

Guelmim

Location in Morocco

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Coordinates: 28°59′N 10°04′W﻿ / ﻿28.983°N 10.067°W﻿ / 28.983; -10.067
Country|  Morocco
Region| Guelmim-Oued Noun
Province| Guelmim
Population

(2014)[1]

• Total

| 118,318
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)

Guelmim (Arabic: كلميم, romanized: kulmīm, Moroccan Arabic: ڭلميم, romanized: gulmīm, Hassaniyya: گليميم, romanized: gleymīm, Tachelhit: ⴳⵯⴻⵍⵎⵉⵎ, romanized: gʷelmim; also spelled in European sources: Glaimim, Goulimine or Guelmin) is a city in southern Morocco, often called Gateway to the Desert. It is the capital of the Guelmim-Assif Noun region which includes southern Morocco (south of the Souss-Massa region) and the northeastern corner of Western Sahara. The population of the city was 187,808 as of the 2014 Moroccan census,[1] making it the largest city in the region. The N1 and N12 highways cross at Guelmim and link it to the nearby region of Souss-Massa.

Guelmim is located just north of Asrir, which was the site of an important trade-route city and the capital of the Saharan Berber tribes. It is home to a camel market. Most of the inhabitants speak either the Tachelhit language or the Hassaniya dialect of Sahrawi Arabs, as it is part of the Sahrawi-inhabited southern region of Morocco.

## Climate

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Guelmim has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh).

Climate data for Guelmim (1991–2020)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Record high °C (°F)  | 30.4
(86.7)  | 32.2
(90.0)  | 37.2
(99.0)  | 38.8
(101.8)  | 44.2
(111.6)  | 46.3
(115.3)  | 47.6
(117.7)  | 47.0
(116.6)  | 44.5
(112.1)  | 42.6
(108.7)  | 35.3
(95.5)  | 30.0
(86.0)  | 47.6
(117.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 20.9
(69.6)  | 22.4
(72.3)  | 24.9
(76.8)  | 25.4
(77.7)  | 27.0
(80.6)  | 29.2
(84.6)  | 32.9
(91.2)  | 34.1
(93.4)  | 31.3
(88.3)  | 29.1
(84.4)  | 24.9
(76.8)  | 21.8
(71.2)  | 27.0
(80.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 14.7
(58.5)  | 16.1
(61.0)  | 18.4
(65.1)  | 19.2
(66.6)  | 20.9
(69.6)  | 22.9
(73.2)  | 25.5
(77.9)  | 26.5
(79.7)  | 24.3
(75.7)  | 22.5
(72.5)  | 18.7
(65.7)  | 16.0
(60.8)  | 20.5
(68.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 8.5
(47.3)  | 9.8
(49.6)  | 11.7
(53.1)  | 13.0
(55.4)  | 14.7
(58.5)  | 16.5
(61.7)  | 18.1
(64.6)  | 18.9
(66.0)  | 17.4
(63.3)  | 15.9
(60.6)  | 12.4
(54.3)  | 10.0
(50.0)  | 13.9
(57.0)
Record low °C (°F)  | 0.7
(33.3)  | 1.3
(34.3)  | 4.0
(39.2)  | 6.0
(42.8)  | 7.4
(45.3)  | 10.2
(50.4)  | 13.4
(56.1)  | 13.2
(55.8)  | 9.2
(48.6)  | 7.2
(45.0)  | 3.0
(37.4)  | 1.6
(34.9)  | 0.7
(33.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 13.4
(0.53)  | 16.6
(0.65)  | 16.8
(0.66)  | 5.5
(0.22)  | 2.8
(0.11)  | 0.6
(0.02)  | 0.1
(0.00)  | 2.9
(0.11)  | 5.2
(0.20)  | 11.6
(0.46)  | 22.2
(0.87)  | 21.2
(0.83)  | 118.9
(4.68)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 2.5  | 2.8  | 2.6  | 1.2  | 0.4  | 0.2  | 0.0  | 0.6  | 0.5  | 1.6  | 2.5  | 3.1  | 18.0
Source: NOAA[2]

## See also

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* Beni Ḥassān
* Noun River
* Maqil
* Tekna

## References

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1. ^ a b "POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D'APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
2. ^ "Guelmim Climate Normals 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

## External links

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