Dallol, Ethiopia

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Dallol is 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 14°14′N 40°18′E.

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 through 1966.

Nearby is the Dallol volcano.

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