Sinkat, Sudan

Sinkat (Arabic: سنكات, romanized: Sinkāt, Beja Ookwaakw) is a small town in eastern Sudan.

Sinkat
سنكات
Town
Sinkat is located in Sudan
Sinkat
Sinkat
Location of Sinkat in Sudan
Coordinates: 18°50′19″N 36°50′10″E
Country Sudan
StateRed Sea
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)

It is the main city of the district of the same name and, in some respects, the "capital" of the Hadendowa.

Transport

It is served by a station on the mainline of the Sudan railway network.

Climate

Sinkat has a very warm desert climate (Köppen BWh) with very hot summers and pleasantly warm winters. Rainfall is minimal except for July - August, when easterly winds bring 62 millimetres of rain. Sinkat has some, though very sparse, erratic, and negligible rain in nearly every month of the year. This town lies some 900 metres above sea level and thus is on average 5 degrees colder than nearby port town of Suakin.

Climate data for Sinkat
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 23.7
(74.7)
24.6
(76.3)
27.8
(82.0)
31.3
(88.3)
35.6
(96.1)
37.9
(100.2)
36.3
(97.3)
35.8
(96.4)
36.5
(97.7)
31.9
(89.4)
25.8
(78.4)
24.9
(76.8)
31
(88)
Average low °C (°F) 13.7
(56.7)
13.2
(55.8)
14.2
(57.6)
17.1
(62.8)
20.1
(68.2)
22.4
(72.3)
23.8
(74.8)
23.5
(74.3)
22.1
(71.8)
18.9
(66.0)
18.4
(65.1)
15.7
(60.3)
18.6
(65.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 5
(0.2)
1
(0.0)
0
(0)
3
(0.1)
8
(0.3)
3
(0.1)
25
(1.0)
37
(1.5)
9
(0.4)
8
(0.3)
6
(0.2)
4
(0.2)
109
(4.3)
Source: Climate-Data.ORG[1]

See also

References

  1. "Sinkat, Sudan". Retrieved July 26, 2017.


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