Tokar, Sudan
Place in Red Sea, Sudan
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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.
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طوكر | |
|---|---|
  Tokar Location in Sudan | |
| Coordinates: 18°25′31″N 37°43′45″E | |
| Country | Sudan |
| State | Red Sea |
| Elevation | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
• Total | 37,051 |
The town lies in the delta of the Baraka River. Since the 1860s, cotton has been grown in the delta.[2]
History
Climate
Tokar has a hot arid climate (Köppen BWh): of 2981 locations in the whole world only 48 are warmer than Tokar, and 166 drier.[5] The high temperature mean daily value in July averages 43 °C or 109.4 °F, the low temperature daily mean does not go under 28 °C or 82.4 °F. In January the high temperature averages 28 °C or 82.4 °F and the low temperature mean is 20 °C or 68 °F. Rain is scarce year-round but most likly to occur between November and January.
| Climate data for Tokar | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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