In which country is Ghat city located?

Ghat (Arabic: غات) is the capital of the Ghat District in the Fezzan region of southwestern Libya, located just east of the Algerian border.

In historical times, Ghat was an important terminal point on a trans-Saharan trade route and a major administrative center in the Fezzan.

Ghat has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh) typical of the Fezzan, a Libyan region lying in the heart of the Sahara Desert. Averages high temperatures exceed 40 °C (104 °F) during summer for 3 months (June, July, August) and averages high temperatures remain above 20 °C (68 °F) during the coldest month of the year. Winter days are very warm, sunny and dry. Annual precipitation averages only 8 mm (0.32 in) making the location one of the driest places on Earth. The sky is always clear and bright throughout the year. Nevertheless, in June 2019 there were heavy downpours which caused great damage to the town. Thousands of residents were stranded and few were reported dead or missing.