Sinkat, Sudan
Sinkat is a small town in eastern Sudan.
It is the main city of the district of the same name and, in some respects, the "capital" of the Hadendowa.
It is served by a station on the mainline of the Sudan railway network.
Sinkat has a very warm desert climate (Köppen BWh) with very hot summers and pleasantly warm winters. Rainfall is minimal except for July - August, when easterly winds bring 62 milimetres of rain. Sinkat has some, though very sparse, erratic, and negligible rain in nearly every month of the year. This town lies some 900 metres above sea level and thus is on average 5 degrees colder than nearby port town of Suakin.
Coordinates: 18°50′14″N 36°49′58″E / 18.83722°N 36.83278°E
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