N'Délé
| N'Délé | |
|---|---|
  N'Délé Location in Central African Republic | |
| Coordinates: 8°24′33″N 20°39′11″E / 8.40917°N 20.65306°ECoordinates: 8°24′33″N 20°39′11″E / 8.40917°N 20.65306°E | |
| Countrey |
 Central African Republic |
| Prefecture | Bamingui-Bangoran |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 13,704 |
N'Délé or Ndele is a market town and sub prefecture in the north eastern Central African Republic, lying east of the Bamingui-Bangoran National Park. Ndélé is the capital of Bamingui-Bangoran, one of the 14 prefectures of the Central African Republic. N'Délé had a population of 10,850 as of the 2003 census; and a calculated 2013 population of 13,704.[1]
The tata, or fortified wall, creates a citadel-like palace on a hill overlooking N'Délé. It was constructed at the behest of Sultan Mohammed al-Sanussi in the late 19th Century.[2] N'Délé, the tata, and the Kaga-Kpoungouvou Caves were collectively added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on April 11, 2006 in the Cultural category.[2] There is an airport in the city. When the fighting resumed in December 2012 between the FACA loyalists and the rebel coalition of Séléka, the city fell to rebel forces.[3][4]
Climate
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw).[5]
| Climate data for N'Délé | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 35.7 (96.3) |
37.3 (99.1) |
37.7 (99.9) |
35.3 (95.5) |
33.5 (92.3) |
31.2 (88.2) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.2 (84.6) |
30.1 (86.2) |
31.9 (89.4) |
33.9 (93) |
34.6 (94.3) |
33.31 (91.96) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.2 (81) |
28.9 (84) |
29.7 (85.5) |
28.9 (84) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.1 (79) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
26 (79) |
25.5 (77.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.75 (80.18) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 18.8 (65.8) |
20.6 (69.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21 (70) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.1 (68.2) |
17.2 (63) |
17.8 (64) |
20.23 (68.43) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0 (0) |
6 (0.24) |
24 (0.94) |
65 (2.56) |
122 (4.8) |
151 (5.94) |
205 (8.07) |
235 (9.25) |
231 (9.09) |
131 (5.16) |
9 (0.35) |
0 (0) |
1,179 (46.4) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 509 m (1,670 ft)[5] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Central African Republic: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- 1 2 "Le Tata (palais fortifié) du Sultan Sénoussi, les grottes de Kaga-Kpoungouvou, la ville de Ndélé". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ↑ "Centrafrique: Bangui sous la menace des rebelles" (in French). Le Figaro. 26 December 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ↑ "La France n'est pas en Centrafrique pour y protéger «un régime" (in French). Libération. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- 1 2 "Climate: N'Délé - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
Books
- D. Cordell, Dar al-Kuti and the Last Years of the Trans-Saharan Slave Trade. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1985.
External links
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