human settlement in Somalia
Luuq is a city in Gedo, Southern Somalia. It is the capital of the Luuq District. The town sits in a bend of the Juba River, where the watercourse flows down from north to south in a horseshoe shape.
The entrance of the city gate is only 100 meters from the Juba river banks on both the eastern and western sides of the town. About 4 km past the city center and main Luuq Market, the river encloses the city again completely.
Luuq was established in medieval times.
Luuq has a hot desert climate. It has two very short rainy seasons, in April/May and October/November. However, these two rainy seasons are extremely unreliable. Average high temperatures exceed 40 °C (104 °F) in March, the hottest month of the year. Average high temperatures remain above 33 °C (91.4 °F) during July and August, the least hot months of the year. Averages low temperatures are always above 20 °C or 68 °F throughout the whole year. Luuq is one of the hottest places year-round on Earth as the annual daily mean temperature exceeds 30 °C or 86 °F. The sky is almost always clear year-round and fair weather is extremely reliable.