About Carbondale
Carbondale, located in the U.S state of Illinois is called "small Egypt". Carbondale lies 154 kilometers southeast of Louis. The city, which hosts Southern Illinois University, has a population of about 25,000 people according to the 2010 data. Carbondale, which is the 20th most populous city of the region, is home to people of many different ethnicities and backgrounds. In addition to the daily Southern Illinoisan Newspaper, the daily newspaper of the university is published in the city. There is also a museum on the university campus where 60,000 handcrafted works are exhibited. In addition to these, there is also the African-American Museum, Science Center, McLeod and Kleinau Theaters, and a conference center. In this city where a humid tropical climate and the four seasons are experienced, there can be a wide variation in temperatures. It can drop to as low as 0 degrees C in January and as high as 35 degrees C in July.