Talkha (Arabic: طلخا pronounced [ˈtˤɑlxɑ]) is a city in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. The city is located on the west bank of the Damietta,[1] a distributary of the Nile in the Delta region. Is about 120 km northeast of Cairo. Talkha is situated opposite the city of Mansoura on the Damietta. Together, the two cities form an agglomeration.
Talkha | |
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city | |
Talkha Location in Egypt | |
Coordinates: 31.054735°N 31.375644°E / 31.054735; 31.375644 | |
Country | Egypt |
Governorate | Dakahlia |
Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
Population (2012) | |
• Total | 92,084 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
Postal code | 35111 |
Area code(s) | 50 |
Talkha contains the neighborhoods of Old Market, El Maalamein, Ar Rouda, El Sharifa, and El Muhandisin.
Talkha is classified within the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system as a hot desert (BWh).
Climate data for Talkha | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 18.9 (66.0) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
32 (90) |
33 (91) |
32.7 (90.9) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32 (90) |
27.5 (81.5) |
25 (77) |
20.6 (69.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.8 (55.0) |
13.5 (56.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
25.3 (77.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
14.8 (58.6) |
20.5 (69.0) |
Average low °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) |
7.3 (45.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.9 (53.4) |
15.2 (59.4) |
18.4 (65.1) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
17 (63) |
13.9 (57.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
14.1 (57.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 13 (0.5) |
9 (0.4) |
6 (0.2) |
4 (0.2) |
3 (0.1) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
4 (0.2) |
7 (0.3) |
11 (0.4) |
57 (2.3) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[2] |
Egyptian cities and towns by population | |
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1,000,000 and more |
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300,000–999,999 | |
100,000–299,999 |
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<99,999 |
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