Tokar, Sudan
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Tokar also transliterated Tawkar, is a small town of 1000-2000 people near the Red Sea in northeastern Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...

. Tokar Game Reserve lies to the east of the town.

The high temperature mean daily value, in the month of July, can reach 43°C (109°F), the low temperature mean daily value
does not go under 28°C (82°F). In January the high tremperature mean daily value is 28°C (82°F) and the low
temperature mean daily value is 20°C (68°C). The only rain in Tokar falls in the months of November, December, January
and August. In the whole world only 48 locations are warmer than Tokar, and 166 are dryer.

The town lies in the delta of the Baraka River. Since the 1860s cotton has been grown in the delta.
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