ethiopia has the worlds second hottest settlement
it is a land of natural contrasts  with its vast fertile west  jungles  and numerous rivers  and the world s hottest settlement of dallol in its north
dallol currently holds the official record for record high average temperature for an inhabited location on earth  where an average annual temperature of 35  c lrb 95  f rrb was recorded between the years 1960 and 1966