Al Aziziyah

Al 'Aziziyah or El Azizia (Arabic: العزيزية‎) is a city in and capital of Al Jfara District in northwestern Libya, 55 kilometres (34 mi) southwest of Tripoli. Prior to 2001 it was in Al 'Aziziyah District and its capital. Al 'Aziziyah is a major trade centre of the Sahel Jeffare plateau, being on a trade route from the coast to the Nafusa Mountains and the Fezzan region to the south. As of 2009, the city's population has been estimated at over 300,000.^[1]

Geography and Climate

On 13 September 1922, a high temperature of 57.7° C (136° F) was recorded in Al 'Aziziyah, which is the highest temperature ever measured on Earth. ^[2][3] This record does not mean that Al 'Aziziyah is the hottest place on Earth, that title belongs to Dallol, Ethiopia where the mean temperature runs at 34.4° C (94° F).

Notes

1. ^ "العزيزية" ("Al 'Aziziyah") World Gazetteer, accessed 6 September 2009
2. ^ "Global Measured Extremes of Temperature and Precipitation" National Climatic Data Center, United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), accessed 3 December 2008.
3. ^ "What is the highest temperature recorded on Earth, and what's a reasonable upper limit on the Earth's temperature?" Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), accessed 6 September 2009

External links

• "Al `Aziziyah, Libya" Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.

Coordinates: 32°31′55″N 13°01′03″E / 32.5319°N 13.0175°E / 32.5319; 13.0175

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