Jalalaqsi

Jalalaqsi
Town
Jalalaqsi is located in Somalia
Jalalaqsi
Jalalaqsi
Location in Somalia
Coordinates: 3°24′0″N 45°35′0″E / 3.40000°N 45.58333°E / 3.40000; 45.58333
Country Somalia
State Hirshabelle
RegionHiiraan
Area
 • Total
30 km2 (12 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Jalalaqsi (Jalalassi) is a town in the south-central Hiran province of Somalia.

Demographics

Jalalaqsi has a population of around 60,800 inhabitants. The Xawaadle clan is the most populous in the region.

History

In the mid-1988s there were four refugee camps with a population of around 85,000 Somalis in Jalalaqsi. At that time it was the third largest settlement in Somalia after Mogadishu and Hargeisa.

Climate

Climate data for Jalalaqsi
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 35.6
(96.1)		 37.0
(98.6)		 32.5
(90.5)		 37.5
(99.5)		 34.8
(94.6)		 33.0
(91.4)		 32.0
(89.6)		 32.7
(90.9)		 34.3
(93.7)		 34.9
(94.8)		 35.4
(95.7)		 35.0
(95.0)		 34.6
(94.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.0
(71.6)		 21.9
(71.4)		 23.2
(73.8)		 23.7
(74.7)		 23.2
(73.8)		 22.3
(72.1)		 21.8
(71.2)		 21.6
(70.9)		 22.3
(72.1)		 22.7
(72.9)		 22.5
(72.5)		 22.1
(71.8)		 22.4
(72.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 2
(0.1)		 2
(0.1)		 22
(0.9)		 77
(3.0)		 81
(3.2)		 8
(0.3)		 15
(0.6)		 5
(0.2)		 10
(0.4)		 81
(3.2)		 59
(2.3)		 12
(0.5)		 374
(14.8)
Source: Climate-Data.org

Notable residents

Notes

  1. ↑ "Jalalaqsi".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) World Gazetteer
  2. ↑ "Somalia City & Town Population". Tageo. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  3. ↑ De Montclos & Kagwanja, Journal of Refugee Studies Vol. 13, No. 2 2000: Refugee Camps or Cities? The Socio-economic Dynamics of the Dadaab and Kakuma Camps in Northern Kenya
  4. ↑ "Climate: Jalalaqsi - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

References