Tchibanga
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Tchibanga | ||
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Province Nyanga Province | | |
| Population (2008) | ||
| • Total | 24,000 | |
Tchibanga is a city in the
Tchibanga is the capital of the Nyanga province. Tchibanga is home to approximately 15,000 Gabonese people, but is also home to a sizeable refugee population from
Tchibanga sits on the banks of the Nyanga River. It is located in Gabon's southern grassland region and does not have the deep jungle environment of many Gabonese cities. Tchibanga has a thriving commercial district, a hospital, two high schools, a post office, a large Catholic church, and an airport. A small power station and a fresh water spring provide electricity and running water to the centre of town. President Omar Bongo has a summer house in Tchibanga that he has never used. The Minister of the Interior also has a house there.
Tchibanga is accessible by a twelve-hour bush
Tchibanga has a number of restaurants serving both
Notable people
- Annie-Flore Batchiellilys (born 1967), Gabonese singer, musician, and composer[2]
Climate
Tchibanga has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw), typical of this region of west-central Africa and not dissimilar to Kinshasa or Pointe-Noire. Unlike most places with a tropical savanna climate, the dry season from June to September is exceedingly foggy and sunless due to the influence of the cold Benguela Current. In fact, with only about 1,260 hours of sunshine per year, Tchibanga is one of the least sunny places in Africa and receives less sunshine than such cities as London or Juneau.
| Climate data for Tchibanga (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) | 31.2 (88.2) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.7 (90.9) |
31.4 (88.5) |
28.8 (83.8) |
27.8 (82.0) |
26.7 (80.1) |
28.8 (83.8) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.3 (86.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.8 (80.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.8 (80.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.9 (78.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.2 (72.0) |
19.8 (67.6) |
18.7 (65.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.1 (70.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 176.2 (6.94) |
169.9 (6.69) |
205.9 (8.11) |
200.6 (7.90) |
104.7 (4.12) |
5.5 (0.22) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0.3 (0.01) |
6.0 (0.24) |
127.9 (5.04) |
272.5 (10.73) |
171.6 (6.76) |
1,441.2 (56.74) |
| Average precipitation days | 13.6 | 14.5 | 16.2 | 14.8 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 14.1 | 20.3 | 15.1 | 119.0 |
| Average relative humidity (%)
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81 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 80 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 137.2 | 137.5 | 146.6 | 144.8 | 116.9 | 77.5 | 80.1 | 58.9 | 43.2 | 87.9 | 112.6 | 115.0 | 1,258.2 |
| Source: NOAA[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Congolese refugees in Gabon
- ^ Batassi, Pierre Eric Mbog. "Annie Flore Batchiellilys : la différence en partage". www.afrik.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "Tchiban Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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