Where is the hottest region on earth?

Question

Where is the hottest region on earth...Equatorial Africa...Death Valley USA....The Australian Outback?

Answer 1

I've heard Death Valley had the highest recorded temperature

Answer 2

The hottest temperature ever recorded was in the Libyan Desert, at 57.7 C or 135.9 F (and that was in the shade!).

The hottest average maximum temperature for an inhabited area is Wyndham, Western Australia with 96 F or 35.6 C.

Answer 3

I've always heard it's Death Valley.