#2 – Kebili, Tunisia
Highest Recorded Temperature: 131° F
Kebili is an oasis town in the south of Tunisia. It is one of the oldest towns in Tunisia, showing evidence of habitation 200,000 years ago. Kebili was once a main hub for the African slave trade, but it has had many other economic ventures. Kebili, as an oasis, is ironically a place where people go to escape the heat. The highest recorded temperature of Africa was recorded July 7, 1931.