Top 5 Hottest Places on Earth. Hot, hotter, hottest. We have made a list with the 5 places that set records, offcial record that is. The 5 places are the hottest on earth! 5. Tirat Zvi, Israel Tirat Zvi is a religious kibbutz in Israel that sits in the Beit She'an Valley, 722 feet below sea level. Though the nearby Jordan River keeps the region fertile, the valley can get pummeled by the sun in the summer months. In June 1942, the settlement recorded the highest temperature ever officially measured in Asia: 129 degrees Fahrenheit (54 C). 4. Timbuktu, Mali - 130.1 degrees The city best known for being the middle of nowhere Timbuktu is also a hot-hot-hot place. Timbuktu sits on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, about 10 miles north of the Niger River. The town is surrounded by sand dunes and the streets are often covered in sand. With a recorded high of 130.1 F (54.5 C), Timbuktu is one of the hottest places in the world. 3. Kebili, Tunisia - 131 degrees While it's egg-fryingly hot, Kebili is actually a desert oasis. The 18,000 people who call this town home face heat waves with temperatures in excess of 131 F (55 C). Locals stockpile water and work hard to maintain a relatively constant body temperature.The town also grows world-famous dates. 2. Ghadames, Libya - 131 degrees Tying in temperature-record with Kebili is Ghadames, Libya, another oasis in the middle of a desert. The native Berber population of about 7,000 live in houses made with thick walls of mud, lime and tree trunks that help protect them from the blazing heat, especially in the summer. The city is so iconic that it is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site . 1. Death Valley, USA - 134 degrees Death Valley is the driest and lowest valley in the United States. Those conditions add up to some extreme temperatures. On July 10, 1913, at the Furnace Creek weather station, thermometers recorded 134 degrees (55.6 C), the highest temperature ever measured. During the heat wave that week, five days in a row clocked in at 129 degrees or above. Find us on... -- http://www.twitter.com/world5list -- http://www.pinterest.com/world5list -- http://www.boredbadger.com -- http://www.facebook.com/world5list

• published: 14 Jun 2014
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