Jalalaqsi

Jalalaqsi (Jalalassi)[1] is a town in the south-central Hiran province of Somalia. It is situated on the Shebelle River, between Buuloburde and Jowhar.

Jalalaqsi
Town
Jalalaqsi is located in Somalia
Jalalaqsi
Jalalaqsi
Location in Somalia
Coordinates: 3°24′0″N 45°35′0″E
Country Somalia
State Hirshabelle
RegionHiiraan
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Demographics

Jalalaqsi has a population of around 60,800 inhabitants.[2] The broader Jalalaqsi District has a total population of 80,724 residents. The district is populated by the Yabar Madaxweyne subclan of Hawadle who also live in bordering Mahaday District in Middle Shabelle [3]

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.[4]

Climate

Climate data for Jalalaqsi
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °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)
Average low °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[5]

Notable residents

Notes

  1. "Jalalaqsi". Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. World Gazetteer
  2. "Somalia City & Town Population". Tageo. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  3. "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)" (PDF). UNDP. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. 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
  5. "Climate: Jalalaqsi - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

References


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