Tokar, Sudan
Tokar
طوكر | |
|---|---|
Tokar Location in Sudan | |
| Coordinates: 18°25′31″N 37°43′45″E / 18.42528°N 37.72917°E | |
| Country | Sudan |
| State | Red Sea |
| Elevation | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
• Total | 37,051 |
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.
The town lies in the delta of the Baraka River. Since the 1860s, cotton has been grown in the delta.[2]
History
The Battle of Tokar took place in February 24, 1891. The battle was marked the first occasion that Egypt, with British assistance, defeated the forces of the Mahdi during the Mahdist war.[3][4]
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] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Map of Tokar, Sudan, Africa". Collins Maps. Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ^ "Sudan - Irrigated Agriculture". Country-data.com. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ^ Tokar 1891.
- ^ "THE BATTLE OF TOKAR. - Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) - 6 Apr 1891". Trove. 1891. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
- ^ "Tokar, Sudan: Climate, Global Warming, and Daylight Charts and Data". Tokar, Sudan: Climate-charts.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2013.
- ^ "Appendix I: Meteorological Data" (PDF). Springer. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2024.