Basse Santa Su
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Basse Santa Su, usually known as Basse, is a town in
Local Government Area. As of 2009, the town has an estimated population of 18,414.[1] According to the 2013 census, the Basse LGA has 243,791 residents.[2]
History
According to oral histories, the first Mandinka immigrants to the Gambia area, the Fati clan, settled in Tumana near Basse. They subsequently acted as hosts and/or agents for future migrants, potentially including Tiramakhan Traore. Basse was at this point a hub in regional trade networks bringing kola nuts and Guinea pepper north from what is now Guinea-Bissau and salt and salted fish up the river from the coast.[3]
A bridge over the
Gambia river, funded by the Chinese government, opened in October 2021.[4]
Climate
Basse Santa Su has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw), almost dry enough to be a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) with almost no rainfall from November to May and heavy rainfall from June to October.
Climate data for Basse (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 35.3 (95.5) |
37.8 (100.0) |
40.1 (104.2) |
41.4 (106.5) |
40.9 (105.6) |
37.4 (99.3) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.6 (90.7) |
34.7 (94.5) |
36.5 (97.7) |
35.5 (95.9) |
36.5 (97.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) |
27.6 (81.7) |
30.4 (86.7) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.1 (91.6) |
31.3 (88.3) |
28.7 (83.7) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.9 (84.0) |
27.6 (81.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
28.8 (83.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.6 (58.3) |
17.4 (63.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
18.9 (66.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0.2 (0.01) |
0.4 (0.02) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0.0 (0.0) |
11.1 (0.44) |
93.5 (3.68) |
192.0 (7.56) |
314.3 (12.37) |
227.0 (8.94) |
62.7 (2.47) |
1.6 (0.06) |
0.3 (0.01) |
903.2 (35.56) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 6.3 | 12.1 | 15.6 | 13.8 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 54.2 |
Source: NOAA[5] |
Gallery
13°19′N 14°13′W / 13.317°N 14.217°W
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References
- ^ "Gambia: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Retrieved January 5, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Distribution of Population by Gender and LGA". GBoS. 2017-09-20. Archived from the original on 2022-03-21. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ Brooke, George E. (August 1985). "WESTERN AFRICA TO c1860 A.D. A PROVISIONAL HISTORICAL SCHW BASED ON CLIMATE PERIODS". Indiana University African Studies Program: 91-92.
- ^ Ma, Jianchun (13 Oct 2021). "Building the Friendship Bridges towards a Shared Future of China and The Gambia". The Point. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Basse". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 4, 2024.