Salahlay

Salahley (Somali: Salaxley), (Arabic: سلحلي‎), is a town in the Maroodi Jeex region of Somaliland. It is south of Hargeisa, the capital of the country.[1]

Salahley

Salaxley
City
Salahley
Location in Somaliland
Coordinates: 9°01′36″N 44°12′26.9″E
Country Somaliland
RegionMaroodi Jeex
DistrictSalahlay District
Government
 • MayorIsmael Yusuf Hussein (Shiine)
Elevation
1,215 m (3,986 ft)
Population
 • Total56,000
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Area code(s)+252

During Somaliland's second administration (1993-2002), Salahlay was incorporated as the district of Salahley in the Maroodi Jeex Region.

Location

The City located around 56km southeast of Hargeisa and 15km from the border with the Somali Region of Ethiopia.

Climate

The climate in Salahley is called a desert climate. There is virtually no rainfall during the year. The climate here is classified as BWh by the Köppen-Geiger system. In Salaxley, the average annual temperature is 22.7 °C. About 367 mm of precipitation falls annually. The driest month is December. There is 1 mm of precipitation in December. In April, the precipitation reaches its peak, with an average of 72 mm. With an average of 24.7 °C, May is the warmest month. At 19.5 °C on average, January is the coldest month of the year. The precipitation varies 71 mm between the driest month and the wettest month. The variation in annual temperature is around 5.2 °C

Climate data for Gabiley
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 27.4
(81.3)		 29
(84)		 30.8
(87.4)		 30.1
(86.2)		 31.4
(88.5)		 31.2
(88.2)		 29.2
(84.6)		 29.9
(85.8)		 31.6
(88.9)		 30.1
(86.2)		 28.3
(82.9)		 27.1
(80.8)		 29.7
(85.4)
Average low °C (°F) 11.6
(52.9)		 13.3
(55.9)		 15.6
(60.1)		 16.9
(62.4)		 18
(64)		 18
(64)		 17.7
(63.9)		 17.8
(64.0)		 17.9
(64.2)		 15.5
(59.9)		 13.6
(56.5)		 12.6
(54.7)		 15.7
(60.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 3
(0.1)		 4
(0.2)		 26
(1.0)		 72
(2.8)		 65
(2.6)		 29
(1.1)		 29
(1.1)		 41
(1.6)		 54
(2.1)		 34
(1.3)		 9
(0.4)		 1
(0.0)		 367
(14.3)
Source: Climate-Data.org, [2]

References
  1. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YY94tCLBqp4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
  2. "Climate: Salaxley- Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Retrieved 17 November 2019.

https://en.climate-data.org/africa/somalia/woqooyi-galbeed/salaxley-643964

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