Assamo

Assamo Ina ‘Assamo أسامو
Town
The Assamo Valley in 1967
Assamo Location in Djibouti.
Coordinates: 10°59′00″N 42°50′00″E / 10.98333°N 42.83333°E / 10.98333; 42.83333Coordinates: 10°59′00″N 42°50′00″E / 10.98333°N 42.83333°E / 10.98333; 42.83333
Country	Djibouti
Region	Ali Sabieh
Elevation	757 m (2,484 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	500
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)
Climate	BSh

Assamo, also known as Ina ‘Assamo, is a town in the eastern Ali Sabieh Region of Djibouti. It is located around 110 kilometers south of the capital, Djibouti City. Its population, with the nomadic and semi-nomadic neighborhoods is estimated at 500 people.

During the Middle Ages, Assamo was ruled by the Ifat Sultanate and Adal Sultanate. It later formed a part of the French Somaliland protectorate in the first half of the 20th century. The town has an old fort built on top of a mountain by the French Army. The area also served as an agricultural market for nearby localities.

Assamo lies along a river, near the border with Ethiopia. Nearby towns and villages include Ali Sabieh, Dewele, Guelile and Ali Adde.

As of 2012, the population of Assamo has been estimated to be 500. The city inhabitants belong to various mainly Afro-Asiatic-speaking ethnic groups, with the Issa Somali predominant.

Assamo features a somewhat rare version of a highland climate with warm, but not hot, summers and cool winters. Due to its 754 m altitude, temperatures are relatively mild for a town located not particularly far from deserts. Characterized by hot and dry summers, and mild to cool winters where most of the precipitation is concentrated (spring and autumn being pleasantly warm transitional seasons). However, due to the town's altitude and inland location, its climate features are the humidity is very low, and temperatures usually fall on 27 °C (81 °F) at night, which makes summer particularly pleasant compared to coastal cities.