Mauritius is an island in the Indian Ocean, lying 900 km off the eastern coast of Madagascar. The island of Réunion is only 200 km to the south-west. The capital is the city of Port Louis, located along the northwest coast of the island of Mauritius. The island of Rodrigues with 109 sq km, located […]
Category: Africa
Madagascar, the large island alongside the coasts of East Africa, has a climate that varies according to latitude and altitude. In the country there are three main climatic areas: in the highlands of the interior of the island the climate is temperate, in the central-northern coastal strip the climate is tropical hot and humid, finally […]
Madagascar is a large island located in the Indian Ocean 500 km to the east of the African coast of Mozambique. It is after Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo the largest island of the world. The national capital is the city of Antananarivo/Antananarive. It is located in the central plateau at more than 1,200 meters. […]
Categories
The climate of Libya: when to go to Libya
Libya has two main types of climate, the Mediterranean climate along the coast, and the desertic climate in the rest of the country. Along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, summers are hot and dry with average temperatures around 30 ° C and high humidity, while winters are mild and the rains are scarce. During […]
Libya (Libīya) is a people’s republic in North Africa, of which Tripolis is the capital. It used to be an Italian colony. The country is limited to the north by the Mediterranean Sea and bordered to the north-west by Tunisia, to the west by Algeria, to the south by Niger and Chad, to the south-east […]
Categories
The climate of Kenya: when to go to Kenya
The climate of Kenya, due to its geographical position, is above all an equatorial climate. Despite this, however, only the coastal area has the characteristics of this type of climate. That is, constant temperatures and high humidity. Further away from the coast, in the interior territories the climate of Kenya changes according to the altitude […]
Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya/Republic of Kenya) is a presidential republic of East Africa. The country is located in the south-east on the Indian Ocean and bordered to the south by Tanzania, to the west by Uganda, to the north-west by the South Sudan, to the north by Ethiopia and to the north-east by Somalia. THE […]
The climate of Eritrea is arid and dry, but due to the huge height differences between the coastal region and the highlands of the interior, the country can be divided into two climatic regions. A DRY AND WARM CLIMATE IN THE PLAINS IN FRONT OF THE RED SEA Along the low and arid coastal area on […]
Eritrea (Ertra/State of Eritrea) is a presidential republic of North-East Africa. It is bordered to the north-east and east by the Red Sea, to the south-east by Djibouti, to the south by Ethiopia and to the north-west and west by the Sudan. It used to be an Italian colony and later became a province of […]
Categories
Cairo: one of the oldest Islamic cities
Cairo is the capital of Egypt, and one of Africa’s largest metropolitan areas, with a population of over 17 million inhabitants. The city stands in a flat area along the Nile river, between the river and the desert, just upstream of the point where the Nile delta begins. Cairo is a city rich in history: […]
Categories
The climate of Egypt: when to go to Egypt
The climate of Egypt has two seasons, a mild winter between November and April and a hot and dry summer from May to October. The country is largely desert, only on the narrow belt crossed by the Nile river cultivations are possible. The area around Alessandria is the rainiest in the country, but receives only […]
Egypt (Misr al-Jumhuriya al-‘Arabiya) is a presidential republic of northeastern Africa, which also includes the Sinai peninsula in Asia. The country is washed by the Red Sea to the east and by the Mediterranean Sea to the north. It is bordered to the north-east by Israel, to the south by the Sudan and to the […]
The climate of Djibouti is desert climate, arid with low rainfall and high temperatures throughout the year. The high temperatures and dryness are the two main characteristics of the climate of Djibouti. From the climatic point of view there are two seasons: a very hot season between May and October, with average maximum temperatures between […]
Djibouti (Jumhuriya Jibuti/République de Djibouti/Republic of Djibouti) is a republic of East Africa. To the east it is washed by the Indian Ocean (Gulf of Aden) and bordered to the north by Eritrea, to the west and south by Ethiopia and to the south-east by Somalia. Having been a French colony, the country is an […]
Located south of the equator, between the African coast and Madagascar, the Comoros islands have a tropical maritime climate, characterized by two distinct seasons based on rainfall. The Comoros islands in fact have a hot and humid season between December and April, and a cool and relatively dry season between May and November. Average maximum […]