Sahar, Yemen
Village in Sanaa, Yemen
Sahar سحر | |
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Village | |
15°18′59″N 44°18′32″E / 15.31637°N 44.3088°E / 15.31637; 44.3088[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Sanaa |
District | Sanhan |
Elevation [1] | 7,782 ft (2,372 m) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
Sahar (Arabic: سحر Saḥar) is a village in Sanhan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.[1][2] It is located in the 'uzlah of Wadi al-Ajbar.[2]
History
According to the 10th-century writer al-Hamdani, Sahar was part of the land given to the Banu Shihab by the Al Dhi Yazan.[2] He also noted that it had a dam at the time of his writing.[2]
Climate
Sahar has a cold, semi-arid climate, with most rainfall occurring in winter. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is BSk. The average annual temperature in Sahar is 15.4 °C (59.7 °F). About 281 mm (11.06 in) of precipitation falls annually.
Climate data for Sahar | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.5 (70.7) | 23.6 (74.5) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.2 (75.6) | 25.1 (77.2) | 27.6 (81.7) | 25.6 (78.1) | 25.1 (77.2) | 24.4 (75.9) | 21.6 (70.9) | 19.6 (67.3) | 20.1 (68.2) | 23.6 (74.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) | 2.3 (36.1) | 6.1 (43.0) | 7.5 (45.5) | 9.5 (49.1) | 9.5 (49.1) | 12.5 (54.5) | 12.5 (54.5) | 9.9 (49.8) | 7.3 (45.1) | 4.6 (40.3) | 3.6 (38.5) | 7.3 (45.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6 (0.2) | 5 (0.2) | 16 (0.6) | 48 (1.9) | 34 (1.3) | 6 (0.2) | 55 (2.2) | 82 (3.2) | 14 (0.6) | 2 (0.1) | 8 (0.3) | 5 (0.2) | 281 (11.1) |
Source: Climate-Data.org,Climate data |
References
- ^ a b c "Geonames.org. Saḩar". Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. pp. 186–7. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
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