Guisti
Guisti جويستي | |
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Village | |
  Guisti جويستي Location in Djibouti | |
| Coordinates: 11°00′50″N 42°57′35″E / 11.01389°N 42.95972°E | |
| Country |  Djibouti |
| Region | Ali Sabieh |
| Elevation | 448 m (1,470 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 811 |
Guisti (Template:Lang-ar) is a town located in southeastern of Ali Sabieh Region. It is situated about 32 kilometres (20 miles) Southeast of Ali Sabieh, near the borders with Somalia and Ethiopia.
Overview
The town lies along on a river. Nearby towns and villages include Holhol (42 km), Assamo (18 km) and Ali Adde (17 km).
Geography
Guisti is in the Region of Ali Sabieh, its situated on a spur of a plateau, an upland characterized by one major wadi which run beside it. Guisti is near the borders of Somalia to the east and Ethiopia to the south. Much of the landscape is rocky and arid, with desert vegetation and wildlife.
Climate
Guisti has a hot arid climate (Köppen: BWh) with hot and dry, prolonged summers and mild winters.
| Climate data for Guisti | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) |
27.6 (81.7) |
29.7 (85.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
34.2 (93.6) |
37.7 (99.9) |
38.5 (101.3) |
36.1 (97.0) |
34.0 (93.2) |
32.0 (89.6) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.2 (81.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.2 (63.0) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
24.1 (75.4) |
25.5 (77.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.3 (81.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 12 (0.5) |
10 (0.4) |
16 (0.6) |
29 (1.1) |
15 (0.6) |
3 (0.1) |
18 (0.7) |
39 (1.5) |
28 (1.1) |
9 (0.4) |
14 (0.6) |
6 (0.2) |
199 (7.8) |
| Source: Climate-Data[1] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
As of 2012, the population of Guisti has been estimated to be 500. The town inhabitants belong to various mainly Afro-Asiatic-speaking ethnic groups, with the Issa Somali predominant.
References
- ^ "Climate-Data : Djibouti". Retrieved 11 July 2015.
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