N'Délé

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]

N'Délé
N'Délé
Location in Central African Republic
Coordinates: 8°24′33″N 20°39′11″E
Country Central African Republic
PrefectureBamingui-Bangoran
Population
 (2013)
 • Total13,704

History
The market at N'Délé during the 19th century.

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 of Dar al Kuti 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

N'Délé has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw).

Climate data for N'Délé
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 36.5
(97.7)		 37.8
(100.0)		 38.5
(101.3)		 37.0
(98.6)		 34.6
(94.3)		 31.8
(89.2)		 30.4
(86.7)		 29.4
(84.9)		 30.5
(86.9)		 31.7
(89.1)		 33.3
(91.9)		 34.7
(94.5)		 33.9
(92.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 27.2
(81.0)		 29.4
(84.9)		 30.1
(86.2)		 30.0
(86.0)		 28.6
(83.5)		 26.7
(80.1)		 25.4
(77.7)		 25.4
(77.7)		 25.4
(77.7)		 25.9
(78.6)		 25.8
(78.4)		 25.1
(77.2)		 27.1
(80.8)
Average low °C (°F) 18.0
(64.4)		 20.7
(69.3)		 21.3
(70.3)		 22.9
(73.2)		 22.6
(72.7)		 21.2
(70.2)		 20.7
(69.3)		 21.3
(70.3)		 20.4
(68.7)		 20.1
(68.2)		 18.5
(65.3)		 16.2
(61.2)		 20.3
(68.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0
(0)		 6
(0.2)		 24
(0.9)		 65
(2.6)		 122
(4.8)		 151
(5.9)		 205
(8.1)		 235
(9.3)		 231
(9.1)		 131
(5.2)		 9
(0.4)		 0
(0)		 1,179
(46.5)
Mean monthly sunshine hours 279 263 250 209 222 189 160 151 157 201 277 268 2,626
Source 1: Normales et records pour la période 2002-2013 à N'Dele,[5]
Source 2: Climate : N'Délé for rainfall totals,[6] Étude méthodologique pour l'utilisation des données climatologiques de l'Afrique tropicale for sunshine hours[7]

References
  1. "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.
  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.
  3. "Centrafrique: Bangui sous la menace des rebelles". Le Figaro (in French). 26 December 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  4. "La France n'est pas en Centrafrique pour y protéger «un régime". Libération (in French). 27 December 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  5. "Normales et records pour la période 2002-2013 à N'Dele". Infoclimat. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  6. "Climate : N'Délé for rainfall totals". Infoclimat. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  7. "Étude méthodologique pour l'utilisation des données climatologiques de l'Afrique tropicale for sunshine hours""Étude méthodologique pour l'utilisation des données climatologiques de l'Afrique tropicale for sunshine hours" (PDF). Infoclimat. Retrieved 2014-01-13.

Books
  • D. Cordell, Dar al-Kuti and the Last Years of the Trans-Saharan Slave Trade. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1985.
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