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Place in West Kordofan, Sudan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Babanusa (Arabic: بابنوسة) is a town in western Sudan.
Babanusa
بابنوسة | |
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Coordinates: 11°20′N 27°48′E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Kordofan |
Elevation | 373 m (1,224 ft) |
In 1965, 72 Dinka civilians were massacred in the town by an Arab mob during the First Sudanese Civil War.[1][2][3]
In January 2024, the Siege of Babanusa began.
Climate data for Babanusa (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 40.7 (105.3) |
42.0 (107.6) |
44.6 (112.3) |
44.0 (111.2) |
43.7 (110.7) |
42.5 (108.5) |
38.2 (100.8) |
37.8 (100.0) |
39.3 (102.7) |
40.0 (104.0) |
41.0 (105.8) |
39.8 (103.6) |
44.6 (112.3) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.3 (90.1) |
35.1 (95.2) |
38.1 (100.6) |
40.1 (104.2) |
39.3 (102.7) |
36.3 (97.3) |
32.7 (90.9) |
32.3 (90.1) |
33.6 (92.5) |
35.9 (96.6) |
35.7 (96.3) |
34.7 (94.5) |
35.5 (95.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.2 (75.6) |
27.1 (80.8) |
30.3 (86.5) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.1 (82.6) |
29.5 (85.1) |
28.2 (82.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.5 (83.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
20.7 (69.3) |
17.5 (63.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) |
11.2 (52.2) |
11.2 (52.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
19.0 (66.2) |
14.6 (58.3) |
17.0 (62.6) |
16.9 (62.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
16.9 (62.4) |
14.2 (57.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
7.7 (45.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.9 (0.04) |
6.2 (0.24) |
21.7 (0.85) |
88.0 (3.46) |
125.2 (4.93) |
125.3 (4.93) |
107.0 (4.21) |
22.9 (0.90) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0.0 (0.0) |
497.3 (19.58) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 7.8 | 11.0 | 12.2 | 9.6 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 49.0 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 23 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 49 | 64 | 69 | 63 | 43 | 26 | 22 | 37.5 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 316.2 | 280.0 | 282.1 | 279.0 | 282.1 | 243.0 | 201.5 | 210.8 | 228.0 | 266.6 | 309.0 | 313.1 | 3,211.4 |
Percent possible sunshine | 89 | 87 | 75 | 75 | 71 | 62 | 51 | 51 | 61 | 73 | 89 | 90 | 73 |
Source: NOAA[4] |
It is a railway junction on the national railway network where the line to Waw in South Sudan branches off to the south from the line westwards to Nyala.
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