Ubari

Ubari is a Tuareg-speaking oasis town and the capital of the Wadi al Hayaa District in Libya.

Understand

It is in the Idehan Ubari, a Libyan section of the Sahara Desert. Ubari is in the Targa valley, lying between the Messak Sattafat plateau and Idhan Ubari erg sand dunes and lakes. Native plants include wetland grasses at the natural spring fed lakes' shorelines, and the native Saharan Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera)

The Ubari oasis settlement is the second center for the Kel Ajjer Tuareg people, after Ghat. Neighbouring villages include Germa, and Garran.

Climate

Ubari is in one of the sunniest and driest areas in the world. It has short, very warm winters but long, extremely hot summers. Average annual rainfall is one of the lowest found on the planet with only 8 mm (0.31 in) and many decades may easily pass without seeing any rainfall at all. Ubari has permanent, unlimited sunshine and clear skies all year-round and in all seasons. Clouds are extremely rare over this bone-dry land. Average high temperatures exceed 40 °C (104 °F) from June to September.

Get in

• 1 Ubari Airport (QUB  ^IATA). Libyan Airlines from Tripoli (updated Oct 2019)