Daik
Daik | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Jawi | دائق |
| • Chinese | 大一 |
| • Pinyin | Dà yī |
| Coordinates: 0°12′0″N 104°37′0″E / 0.20000°N 104.61667°E | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Province |  Riau Islands |
| Regency | Lingga Regency |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time) |
| Area code | (+62) 776 |
Daik (Jawi: دائق; Chinese: 大一; pinyin: Dàyī) is the main village (kelurahan) on the island of Lingga of Lingga Regency, in the Riau Islands in Indonesia.[1] It is located at 0°12′0″N 104°37′0″E / 0.20000°N 104.61667°E.
History
[edit]Daik was the capital of the Lingga Sultanate for almost 100 years, from 1819 to 1911.[2]
Climate
[edit]Daik has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Daik | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.4 (88.5) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.8 (87.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.1 (79.0) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.7 (80.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 221 (8.7) |
145 (5.7) |
166 (6.5) |
220 (8.7) |
256 (10.1) |
221 (8.7) |
219 (8.6) |
191 (7.5) |
219 (8.6) |
246 (9.7) |
257 (10.1) |
298 (11.7) |
2,659 (104.6) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Uwe U. Paetzold & Paul H. Mason". The Fighting Art of Pencak Silat and its Music: From Southeast Asian Village to Global Movement. BRILL. 2016. p. 183. ISBN 90-043-0875-X.
- ^ "Institut voor taal-, land- en volkenkunde van Nederlandsch Indië, The Hague". Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië, Volumes 76-77. M. Nijhoff. 1920.
- ^ "Climate: Daik". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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