This depression in Ethiopia is the hottest inhabited place on Earth

The Danakil Depression sits over 100 metres below sea level in a volcanically active desert of sulfur springs and acid pools, with average annual temperatures around 34°C (94°F) — the highest average recorded for any inhabited place on the planet. The Afar people have lived there and mined its salt flats for centuries despite the extremes.

— Standard geographic and geological accounts, Danakil Depression