Yafran
يفرن
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City
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Top: The view from the city of Yafran; Middle Left: Yellow blossom flowers blooming in spring; Middle right: Ancient church in Yafran; Bottom left: The ancient ruin town of Yafran Bottom right: The houses in Yafran covered with snow
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  Yafran Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 32°03′46″N 12°31′36″E / 32.06278°N 12.52667°E / 32.06278; 12.52667 | |
| Country |  Libya |
| Region | Tripolitania |
| District | Jabal Nafusa |
| Elevation | 678 m (2,224 ft) |
| Population
(2012)[2]
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| • Total | 54,573 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| Area code | +218 421 |
| License Plate Code | 22 |
Yafran /ˈjɑːfrən/ (Arabic: يفرن), also spelled Jefren, Yefren, Yifran, YifrinorIfrane, is a city in northwestern Libya, in the Jabal al Gharbi District in the western Nafusa Mountains. Before 2007, Yafran was the administrative seat of the Yafran District.[3]
Yafran people, as in other cities of Libya, have demonstrated against Gaddafi. Subsequently, Yafran was exposed to bombardment and siege by Gaddafi forces. As of May 2011, Gaddafi's forces had shut down the water system and blocked food supplies[4] and held the western part of the town with some 500 rebels in the eastern section of Yafran still resisting.[5]
Yafran fell to Gaddafi's forces sometime in late May or early June. The centre of the town was used as a position for "government tanks, artillery guns and snipers".[6] On 2 June, rebel forces retook the city center and started to clear the area of Gaddafi's forces.[7] On 6 June, an on-site Reuters journalist reported that the pro-Gaddafi forces were nowhere to be seen in or around the town.[8]
Yafran has a semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSh) with hot, dry summers and cool, somewhat rainy winters.
| Climate data for Yafran (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) |
30.7 (87.3) |
33.5 (92.3) |
37.8 (100.0) |
40.8 (105.4) |
42.0 (107.6) |
43.0 (109.4) |
42.5 (108.5) |
40.5 (104.9) |
38.5 (101.3) |
34.6 (94.3) |
27.0 (80.6) |
43.0 (109.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.7 (54.9) |
13.9 (57.0) |
18.2 (64.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
33.6 (92.5) |
34.8 (94.6) |
35.6 (96.1) |
31.2 (88.2) |
25.7 (78.3) |
18.4 (65.1) |
14.5 (58.1) |
24.0 (75.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) |
10.1 (50.2) |
12.9 (55.2) |
17.6 (63.7) |
21.1 (70.0) |
27.0 (80.6) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.7 (83.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
10.9 (51.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) |
6.2 (43.2) |
5.6 (42.1) |
13.2 (55.8) |
14.2 (57.6) |
18.8 (65.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
20.0 (68.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
10.4 (50.7) |
7.3 (45.1) |
13.1 (55.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.0 (17.6) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
2.1 (35.8) |
5.6 (42.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
10.0 (50.0) |
8.6 (47.5) |
4.6 (40.3) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 52.4 (2.06) |
47.0 (1.85) |
35.0 (1.38) |
12.9 (0.51) |
8.6 (0.34) |
2.8 (0.11) |
0.3 (0.01) |
1.3 (0.05) |
7.1 (0.28) |
25.3 (1.00) |
20.7 (0.81) |
44.0 (1.73) |
257.4 (10.13) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 25.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 65.4 | 60.2 | 53.9 | 48.9 | 45.1 | 43.2 | 44.4 | 46.1 | 53.4 | 56.6 | 59.1 | 65.0 | 53.4 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) |
2.2 (36.0) |
3.6 (38.5) |
5.7 (42.3) |
8.2 (46.8) |
10.9 (51.6) |
13.2 (55.8) |
14.2 (57.6) |
14.2 (57.6) |
11.2 (52.2) |
6.7 (44.1) |
4.0 (39.2) |
8.1 (46.6) |
| Source: NOAA[9] | |||||||||||||
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32°03′46″N 12°31′36″E / 32.0629°N 12.5267°E / 32.0629; 12.5267
