Zalingei or Zalinjay is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...

Western Sudan Sudan is the geographical region to the south of the Sahara, stretching from Western Africa to Central and Eastern Africa. The name derives from the Arabic ' (), or "the lands of the Blacks", referring to West Africa and northern Central Afric ...

, and is capital of the state of

Central Darfur Central Darfur State () is one of the states of Sudan, and one of five comprising the Darfur Darfur ( ; ar, دار فور, Dār Fūr, lit=Realm of the Fur) is a region of western Sudan. ''Dār'' is an Arabic word meaning "home f – th ...

. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 27,258. The town is home to the University of Zalingei.

Transports

The city is served by the Zalingei Airport .

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot semi-arid (BSh). The daytime temperatures are always hot and are the hottest in March, April and May when they may reach . The

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is in the middle of the year when the temperature difference between day and night is the least, when the daytime temperatures are cooler but still hot and is the coolest in August. On the other hand, the nighttime temperatures are the coolest from November to February, when the temperature difference between day and night is the most, and nighttime temperatures drop to as low as .

References

{{reflist Populated places in Central Darfur State capitals in Sudan