Al-Shaykh Badr
Place in Tartus Governorate, Syria
Al-Shaykh Badr الشيخ بدر Sheikh Bader | |
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34°59′N 36°5′E / 34.983°N 36.083°E / 34.983; 36.083 | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Tartus Governorate |
District | al-Shaykh Badr |
Subdistrict | Al-Shaykh Badr |
Population (2008 est.) | |
• Total | 47,982 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Shaykh Badr (Arabic: الشيخ بدر, also spelled Sheikh Bader) is a city in Syria, administratively belonging to Tartus Governorate. Al-Shaykh Badr has an altitude of 536 meters. As of 2008, it had a population of 47,982. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[1]
The town is named after the shrine of a holy man, Shaykh Badr, located within it, which was venerated by Alawites and other local religious communities.[2]
Climate
The city has hot-summer Mediterranean climate with warm-dry summers and semi cold-rainy winters. The average annual rainfall reaches 1291mm (50.83 in).
Climate data for Al-Shaykh Badr | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.0 (53.6) | 13.1 (55.6) | 16.2 (61.2) | 20.9 (69.6) | 24.8 (76.6) | 28.5 (83.3) | 29.8 (85.6) | 30.6 (87.1) | 29.3 (84.7) | 25.6 (78.1) | 20.1 (68.2) | 14.2 (57.6) | 22.1 (71.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.5 (47.3) | 9.5 (49.1) | 12.0 (53.6) | 15.8 (60.4) | 19.4 (66.9) | 23.2 (73.8) | 25.3 (77.5) | 25.9 (78.6) | 23.9 (75.0) | 20.3 (68.5) | 15.5 (59.9) | 10.6 (51.1) | 17.5 (63.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) | 5.9 (42.6) | 7.9 (46.2) | 10.7 (51.3) | 14.1 (57.4) | 18.0 (64.4) | 20.8 (69.4) | 21.2 (70.2) | 18.5 (65.3) | 15.1 (59.2) | 11.0 (51.8) | 7.1 (44.8) | 13.0 (55.3) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 244 (9.6) | 221 (8.7) | 187 (7.4) | 107 (4.2) | 36 (1.4) | 4 (0.2) | 1 (0.0) | 3 (0.1) | 21 (0.8) | 63 (2.5) | 125 (4.9) | 279 (11.0) | 1,291 (50.8) |
Source: Climate-data.org |
References
- ^ The Middle East Intelligence Handbooks: 1943-1946 (Archive ed.), Naval Intelligence Division of Great Britain, 1987, p. 348, ISBN 9781852070601
- ^ Douwes 2010, p. 488.
Bibliography
- Douwes, Dick (2010). "Migration, Faith and Community: Extra-Local Linkages in Coastal Syria". In Sluglett, Peter; Weber, Stefan (eds.). Syria and Bilad al-Sham under Ottoman Rule. New York and Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-18193-9.
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