Juba
Juba (IPA: [ˈjuba]) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o the Republic o Sooth Sudan. It an aa serves as the caipital o Central Equatoria, the smawest o the ten states o Sooth Sudan. The ceety is situatit on the White Nile an functions as the seat an metropolis o Juba Coonty.
Juba | |
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Caipital | |
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Coordinates: 4°51′N 31°36′E / 4.850°N 31.600°E | |
Kintra | ![]() |
State | Central Equatoria |
Coonty | Juba Coonty |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Mayor-cooncil govrenment |
• Mayor | Mohammed El Haj Baballa |
Elevation | 550 m (1,800 ft) |
Population (2011 Estimate) | |
• Total | 372,410 |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
ClimateEedit
Juba haes a tropical wet an dry climate (Köppen Aw), an as it lies near the equator, temperaturs are het year-roond. Houiver, little rain faws frae November tae Mairch, which is an aa the time o the year wi the hettest maximum temperaturs, reachin 38 °C (100 °F) in Februar. Frae Aprile tae October, upwards o 100 millimetre (3.9 in) rain faws per month. The annual tot precipitation is 1,000 millimetre (39 in).
Climate data for Juba (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record heich °C (°F) | 41.3 (106.3) |
43.0 (109.4) |
43.6 (110.5) |
42.0 (107.6) |
39.9 (103.8) |
38.5 (101.3) |
37.0 (98.6) |
38.5 (101.3) |
39.0 (102.2) |
39.0 (102.2) |
39.1 (102.4) |
42.8 (109.0) |
43.6 (110.5) |
Average heich °C (°F) | 36.8 (98.2) |
37.9 (100.2) |
37.7 (99.9) |
35.4 (95.7) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.4 (90.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.6 (88.9) |
33.1 (91.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.7 (94.5) |
35.9 (96.6) |
34.5 (94.1) |
Average law °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
Record law °C (°F) | 12.0 (53.6) |
14.1 (57.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.8 (62.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
15.5 (59.9) |
17.2 (63.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
12.0 (53.6) |
Average rainfaw mm (inches) | 5.1 (0.20) |
11.0 (0.43) |
36.7 (1.44) |
111.5 (4.39) |
129.9 (5.11) |
117.8 (4.64) |
144.7 (5.70) |
127.5 (5.02) |
103.7 (4.08) |
114.5 (4.51) |
43.1 (1.70) |
8.2 (0.32) |
953.7 (37.55) |
Average rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.4 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 11.6 | 12.4 | 10.3 | 13.0 | 11.5 | 8.6 | 10.4 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 96.2 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 44 | 42 | 51 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 81 | 80 | 77 | 73 | 69 | 53 | 65 |
Mean monthly sunshine oors | 279.0 | 235.2 | 210.8 | 198.0 | 207.7 | 207.0 | 182.9 | 204.6 | 228.0 | 241.8 | 237.0 | 260.4 | 2,692.4 |
Source #1: Warld Meteorological Organization [1] | |||||||||||||
Source #2: NOAA [2] |
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ "World Weather Information Service - Juba". World Meteorological Organization (UN). Retrieved 21 Mairch 2013.
- ↑ "Juba Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2013.