Lodwar

Lodwar
Aerial photo of Lodwar, 2010
Basic data
county	Turkana County
surface	20 km²
Inhabitants - population density	19,113 inh. 956 inh / km²
height	500  m
Coordinates	3 ° 7 '  N , 35 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 3 ° 7 '  N , 35 ° 35'  E
Lodwar

Lodwar is the administrative center of Turkana County in northwestern Kenya with around 20,000 inhabitants. The county, a semi-arid area ( semi-desert ), borders Uganda , South Sudan and Ethiopia . The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Lodwar .

Lodwar is about 500 meters above sea level and about 360 kilometers north of Eldoret and 120 kilometers south of Kakuma on the road to Juba that runs from Mombasa via Nairobi , Nakuru , Eldoret and Kitale .

sons and daughters of the town

• Ajuma Nasenyana (* 1984), model and presenter

climate

The region is hot and dry all year round. The average daily highs are 32 ° C to 35 ° C, at night it does not get colder than 23 ° C with the monthly average.

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Lodwar Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 35.6 36.2 36.4 35.1 34.7 34.1 33.1 33.6 35.0 35.4 34.7 35.0 O 34.9 Min. Temperature (° C) 22.1 23.2 24.2 24.5 24.6 24.2 23.7 23.8 24.3 24.8 23.8 22.5 O 23.8 Precipitation ( mm ) 8th 8th 21st 48 24 9 19th 10 5 9 17th 12 Σ 190 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 10.2 9.7 9.3 8.6 10.0 10.2 9.9 9.9 10.2 9.9 9.6 10.1 O 9.8 Rainy days ( d ) 1 2 2 4th 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 Σ 19th Humidity ( % ) 38 39 41 50 50 47 48 46 42 41 44 41 O 43.9 Source: Kenya Meteorological Department, data; wetterkontor.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ mongabay.com ; List of residents of Kenyan cities based on 2005 estimates
2. ^ Website of the diocese
3. ↑ Kenya Meteorological Department: Klimeinformationen Lodwar. World Meteorological Organization, accessed October 27, 2012 .