Er Roseires (Arabic: الروصيرص, romanized: al-Rūṣayriṣ) is a town in eastern Sudan 60 km from the border with Ethiopia.
Er Roseires
الروصيرص | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Er Roseires Location in Sudan | |
| Coordinates: 11°51′N 34°23′E / 11.850°N 34.383°E | |
| Country |  Sudan |
| State | Blue Nile |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 215,857 |
Lord Prudhoe mentions this town in the 1829 diary he kept while travelling in the Sennar. At the time it was the residence of one Sheikh Suliman, ruler of the lower reach of the Blue Nile (Baḥr al-Azraq), for which he paid 1500 ounces of gold to the Egyptians out of his revenues.[1]
The Roseires Dam is located just upstream of the town.
Climate
editEl Roseires features a Tropical Savanna Climate ( Aw )
| Climate data for Ar Rusayris | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 36 (97) |
37 (99) |
39 (102) |
40 (104) |
38 (100) |
35 (95) |
32 (90) |
31 (88) |
32 (90) |
36 (97) |
37 (99) |
36 (97) |
36 (97) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26 (79) |
27 (81) |
29 (84) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
28 (82) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
28 (82) |
27 (81) |
26 (79) |
28 (82) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15 (59) |
17 (63) |
19 (66) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
21 (70) |
20 (68) |
20 (68) |
20 (68) |
23.8 (74.8) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.3 (68.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.0) |
13 (0.5) |
51 (2.0) |
126 (5.0) |
167 (6.6) |
203 (8.0) |
139 (5.5) |
34 (1.3) |
4 (0.2) |
0 (0) |
738 (29.1) |
| Source: Weatherbase [2] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Lord Prudhoe, "Extracts from Private Memoranda Kept by Lord Prudhoe on a Journey from Cairo to Sennar,in 1829, Describing the Peninsula of Sennar", Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 5 (1835), p. 52
- ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Ar Rusayris, Sudan". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
11°51′N 34°23′E / 11.850°N 34.383°E
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