Official Name: | Salahlay |
Native Name: | Sallaxley |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Marodi Jeh#Somaliland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Somaliland |
Coordinates: | 9.0267°N 44.2075°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Marodi Jeh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Salahlay District |
Government Type: | Council Government |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Eng Maxamed Cabdi Haariye bulaale |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 1,215 |
Population Density Km2: | 30 per km2 |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Area Code: | +252 |
Salahley | |
Image Blank Emblem: | Salahley Local Government Logo.jpg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Local council seal of Salahley |
Salahley (Somali: Sallaxley), (Arabic: سلحلي), is a city in the Maroodi Jeex region of Somaliland and is the seat of the Salahlay District. It is south of Hargeisa, the capital of the country.[1]
The City located around 56 km southeast of Hargeisa and 15 km from the border with the Somali Region of Ethiopia.
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
https://en.climate-data.org/africa/somalia/woqooyi-galbeed/salaxley-643964