Dallol, Ethiopia : Ask Biography

Administration

Full name

Dallol

Official name

Dallol

Country

Ethiopia

Region

Afar Region

Zone

Administrative Zone 2

Geography

Elevation

-426.5 ft (-130 m)

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Dallol (Amharic: ዳሎል) was a settlement in northern Ethiopia. Located in Administrative Zone 2 of the Afar Region in the Afar Depression, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of about 130 meters below sea level. The Central Statistical Agency has not published an estimate for this settlement's 2005 population; it has been described as a ghost town.

Dallol currently holds the record high average temperature for an inhabited location on Earth, where an average annual temperature of 34°C (94°F) was recorded between the years 1960 and 1966. Dallol is also one of the most remote places on Earth. There are no roads; the only regular transport service is provided by camel caravans which travel to the area to collect salt.

Nearby is the Dallol volcano, which last erupted in 1926.