Tokar, Sudan Explained

Official Name:Tokar
Pushpin Map:Sudan
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Sudan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Sudan
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Red Sea
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2008
Population Total:37,051
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:18.4253°N 37.7292°W
Elevation M:20

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]

Climate

The high temperature mean daily value, in the month of July, can reach 431NaN1, the low temperature mean daily value does not go under 281NaN1. In January the high temperature mean daily value is 281NaN1 and the low temperature mean daily value is 20°C. The only rain in Tokar falls in the months of November, December, January and August. In the whole world only 48 locations are warmer than Tokar, and 166 are dryer.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Map of Tokar, Sudan, Africa . Collins Maps . 2013-12-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131214183835/http://www.collinsmaps.com/maps/Sudan/Red-Sea/Tokar/P485954.00.aspx . 2013-12-14 .
  2. Web site: Sudan - Irrigated Agriculture . 2013-12-10 . Country-data.com.
  3. Web site: Tokar, Sudan: Climate, Global Warming, and Daylight Charts and Data . Tokar, Sudan . Climate-charts.com . 2013-12-10.