Jalu

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title: "Jalu" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-al-wahat-district", "cyrenaica", "protected-areas-of-libya", "baladiyat-of-libya", "oasis-towns"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-al-wahat-district" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalu" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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::callout[type=note] the Libyan town ::

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Jalu, Jallow, or Gialo () is a town in the Al Wahat District in northeastern Libya in the Jalo oasis. Jalu serves as both an oasis and the principal urban center of the oases region in eastern Libya. Jalu was one of the homelands of the Indigenous Toubou (Goran) people, was abandoned following an Arab invasion around the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This invasion was supported by Ottoman firearms and troops, and since then, the oasis has been controlled by the Majabra Arab tribes. The name “Jalu” derives from the Tabou word Jolo, meaning “lowland,” highlighting the enduring Indigenous linguistic heritage of the oasis. It is located at the confluence of longitude and latitude (21-29), and the most important for attraction for the visitors and residents is the presence of dense palm forests linking the sand dunes and plateaus of the Libyan desert.  Jalu's inhabitants were famous for trade and transporting goods from Cyrenaica and Tripoli to Chad, Egypt, Sudan and other African countries. It is an ancient oasis mentioned by Arab travelers, and orientalists in many historical sources. Historical sources mention that the people of the Jallow oasis were the first to conduct trade caravans along the longest desert route from  the Libyan coast to central and eastern Africa around the middle of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century.

Climate

| width = auto | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Jalo (1991–2020) | Jan record high C = 35.0 | Feb record high C = 38.6 | Mar record high C = 41.0 | Apr record high C = 44.0 | May record high C = 48.4 | Jun record high C = 48.0 | Jul record high C = 47.0 | Aug record high C = 48.0 | Sep record high C = 45.5 | Oct record high C = 43.5 | Nov record high C = 39.0 | Dec record high C = 33.3 | year record high C = | Jan high C = 19.9 | Feb high C = 21.6 | Mar high C = 25.7 | Apr high C = 30.5 | May high C = 34.4 | Jun high C = 37.6 | Jul high C = 37.7 | Aug high C = 37.7 | Sep high C = 36.3 | Oct high C = 31.7 | Nov high C = 25.6 | Dec high C = 21.2 | year high C = 30.0 | Jan mean C = 13.7 | Feb mean C = 15.1 | Mar mean C = 18.7 | Apr mean C = 23.1 | May mean C = 27.2 | Jun mean C = 30.4 | Jul mean C = 30.9 | Aug mean C = 31.1 | Sep mean C = 29.6 | Oct mean C = 25.1 | Nov mean C = 19.1 | Dec mean C = 15.0 | year mean C = 23.3 | Jan low C = 7.5 | Feb low C = 8.6 | Mar low C = 11.5 | Apr low C = 15.7 | May low C = 19.5 | Jun low C = 23.2 | Jul low C = 24.0 | Aug low C = 24.5 | Sep low C = 22.8 | Oct low C = 18.5 | Nov low C = 12.6 | Dec low C = 8.8 | year low C = 16.4 | Jan record low C = 1.0 | Feb record low C = 2.0 | Mar record low C = 3.5 | Apr record low C = 4.8 | May record low C = 11.5 | Jun record low C = 16.5 | Jul record low C = 17.5 | Aug record low C = 19.7 | Sep record low C = 15.5 | Oct record low C = 9.5 | Nov record low C = 4.0 | Dec record low C = 1.2 | year record low C = | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 1.8 | Feb precipitation mm = 2.8 | Mar precipitation mm = 1.0 | Apr precipitation mm = 1.0 | May precipitation mm = 0.4 | Jun precipitation mm = 0.0 | Jul precipitation mm = 0.0 | Aug precipitation mm = 0.0 | Sep precipitation mm = 0.0 | Oct precipitation mm = 0.6 | Nov precipitation mm = 0.0 | Dec precipitation mm = 1.6 | year precipitation mm = 9.2 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 0.3 | Feb precipitation days = 0.4 | Mar precipitation days = 0.2 | Apr precipitation days = 0.2 | May precipitation days = 0.2 | Jun precipitation days = 0.0 | Jul precipitation days = 0.0 | Aug precipitation days = 0.0 | Sep precipitation days = 0.0 | Oct precipitation days = 0.1 | Nov precipitation days = 0.0 | Dec precipitation days = 0.5 | year precipitation days = 0.2 | source 1 = NOAA{{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/4.4/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Libya/CSV/JALO_62161.csv |title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Jalo |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = June 13, 2024}}

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References

  1. "World Gazetteer".
  3. Wahli, S. H. (2022, October 7). ''الواحات التباوية السوداء.. جنوب برقة الليبية- إقليم توزر'' [The Black Toubou Oases: Southern Barqa of Libya – The Tozeur Region]. ''Studies and Research in History, Heritage, and Languages''. https://m.ahewar.org/s.asp?aid=770715&r=0&cid=0&u=&i=10076&q=

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