Official Name: | Chenachène |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Algeria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Algeria |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Tindouf Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Tindouf District |
Subdivision Type3: | Commune |
Subdivision Name3: | Tindouf[1] |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 26.0397°N -4.2156°W |
Elevation M: | 380 |
Chenachène (also written Chenachane[2]) is an isolated village in the commune of Tindouf,[1] in Tindouf Province, Algeria.
Chenachène has a hyper-arid hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). It is one of the driest places on earth and the hottest during summer. The average high temperature in July is 48.3°C, which is 0.9°C higher than Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California and the highest on earth (Chenachène beats nearby Taghaza in Mali by 0.1°C, and Taoudenni, also in Mali, by 0.4°C).
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