Boghé
Boghé بوغي | |
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Commune and town | |
Coordinates: 16°35′N 14°16′W / 16.583°N 14.267°W | |
Country | Mauritania |
Region | Brakna |
Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
Population (2013 census) | |
• Total | 42,759 |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Boghé (also Bogué) is a town and commune in the Brakna Region of southern Mauritania, located on the border with Senegal.[1]
In 2013, it had a census population of 40,341.
The city has a high school but no university. Efforts are under way to build a hospital to serve the city and its region.[citation needed]
Climate
[edit]In Boghé, the climate is characterized as warm and temperate with minimal rainfall. According to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification, it falls under the BSh category. The average yearly temperature in Boghé is 29.0 °C (84.2 °F), and the area receives approximately 244 mm (9.61 in) of precipitation annually.
Climate data for Boghe | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.4 (88.5) | 33.6 (92.5) | 36.3 (97.3) | 39.0 (102.2) | 40.7 (105.3) | 40.8 (105.4) | 38.2 (100.8) | 36.5 (97.7) | 37.3 (99.1) | 38.3 (100.9) | 36.0 (96.8) | 31.3 (88.3) | 36.6 (97.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.5 (58.1) | 16.2 (61.2) | 19.6 (67.3) | 21.6 (70.9) | 24.1 (75.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 25.7 (78.3) | 25.9 (78.6) | 25.7 (78.3) | 23.3 (73.9) | 19.6 (67.3) | 16.0 (60.8) | 21.5 (70.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 11 (0.4) | 56 (2.2) | 91 (3.6) | 68 (2.7) | 16 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 244 (9.6) |
Source: Climate-Data.org, Climate data |
References
[edit]- ^ "Collectivités urbaines à vocation agricole, pastorale ou agropastorale". République Islamique de Mauritanie:Communes de Mauritanie. Archived from the original on May 4, 2004. Retrieved January 14, 2009.