Geneina (sometimes Al-Junaynah) ( ar, الجنينة, lit. ''the little garden'') is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

in West Darfur, part of dar Masalit region, that joined British Sudan at the end of 1919 through the Gilani agreement signed between the Masalit Sultanate and the Kingdom of Britain, according to which it became a territory. It is now the capital of the

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

ese state of

West Darfur West Darfur State ( Wilāyat Ḡarb Dārfūr) is one of the states of Sudan, and one of five comprising the Darfur region. Prior to the creation of two new states in January 2012, it had an area of 79,460 km² and an estimated population o ...

. As of 2008, it had a population of 252,744.

Climate

Geneina has a

hot semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi-ar ...

(

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''BSh'') with two distinct seasons: a short, warm and humid

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from mid-June to late September and a long, hot, desiccating

dry season The dry season is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which moves from the northern to the southern tropics and back over the course of the year. The te ...

covering the remaining nine months of the year.

Transportation

The locality is served by the

Geneina Airport Geneina Airport is an airport serving Geneina, in the Darfur region of Sudan. Airlines and destinations Geneina Air Base Geneina hosts Sudanese Air Force Helicopter Squadron (Mil Mi-8 The Mil Mi-8 (russian: Ми-8, NATO reporting name ...

References

Populated places in West Darfur Darfur State capitals in Sudan {{Sudan-geo-stub