Tillabéri
Tillabéri (var. Tillabéry) is a town in the extreme west of Niger. It is situated 113 kilometres or 70 miles northwest of the capital Niamey on the River Niger.[2] It is an important market town and administrative center, being the capital of department of Tillabéri and Tillabéri Region. The town had a population of over 47,678 at the 2012 census.[3]
Tillabéri Tillabéry | |
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Tillabéri Location in Niger | |
| Coordinates: 14°12′43″N 1°27′10″E / 14.21194°N 1.45278°E | |
| Country | Niger |
| Region | Tillabéri Region |
| Department | Tillabéri Department |
| Area | |
| • City | 729.2 km2 (281.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2012[1]) | |
| • City | 47,678 |
| • Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 22,774 |
Climate edit
Tillabéri has a hot arid climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), despite receiving around 400 millimetres or 16 inches of rainfall per year, due to the extreme and persistent heat and consequent extreme potential evapotranspiration. Every month averages over 32.2 °C or 90 °F maximum temperature. Only August at the height of the wet season with its elevated and oppressive humidity, alongside December and January in the middle of the long dry season, average maxima under 35 °C or 95 °F. Even mornings are uncomfortable except during December and January, when the strong dusty harmattan wind prevails.
| Climate data for Tillaberi (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.3 (90.1) | 35.6 (96.1) | 38.9 (102.0) | 41.4 (106.5) | 41.5 (106.7) | 38.8 (101.8) | 35.4 (95.7) | 33.7 (92.7) | 35.6 (96.1) | 38.4 (101.1) | 36.4 (97.5) | 33.0 (91.4) | 36.7 (98.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.6 (76.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 30.9 (87.6) | 33.6 (92.5) | 34.7 (94.5) | 32.7 (90.9) | 30.2 (86.4) | 28.9 (84.0) | 30.1 (86.2) | 31.2 (88.2) | 28.4 (83.1) | 25.3 (77.5) | 29.8 (85.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) | 19.4 (66.9) | 22.8 (73.0) | 25.9 (78.6) | 27.9 (82.2) | 26.7 (80.1) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.5 (76.1) | 23.9 (75.0) | 20.4 (68.7) | 17.5 (63.5) | 22.9 (73.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 2.3 (0.09) | 5.6 (0.22) | 16.6 (0.65) | 46.8 (1.84) | 102.7 (4.04) | 143.1 (5.63) | 69.9 (2.75) | 10.8 (0.43) | 0.3 (0.01) | 0.1 (0.00) | 398.2 (15.66) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 285.2 | 260.4 | 269.7 | 246.0 | 272.8 | 255.0 | 248.0 | 235.6 | 249.0 | 279.0 | 279.0 | 279.0 | 3,175.5 |
| Source: NOAA [4] | |||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Niger: Regions, Cities & Urban Centers - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".
- ^ Tillaberi, Niger Page. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. 1996-2004
- ^ Niger: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population [dead link]. World Gazetteer.
- ^ "Tillabery Climate Normals". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
- Decalo, Samuel (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Niger (3rd ed.). Boston & Folkestone: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3136-8.
- Geels, Jolijn (2006). Niger. Chalfont St Peter, Bucks / Guilford, CT: Bradt UK / Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 978-1-84162-152-4.