Watsa
Watsa | |
|---|---|
Haut-Uele | |
| Territory | Watsa Territory |
| Climate | Am |
| National language | Lingala |
Watsa is a community in the
airstrip
4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the town.
Watsa was the location of the VI battalion of the Force Publique in the 1940s and 1950s.[1]
Between 1998 and 2000, co-circulating
Durba Mine.[2]
In January and February 2011 the Lords Resistance Army attacked people in the territories of Dungu, Faradje, Niangara and Watsa, causing 33,000 people to be displaced. They were slow to return due to the feeble response of government security forces.[3]
Climate
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical monsoon (Am).[4]
| Climate data for Watsa | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.8 (87.4) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.5 (86.9) |
29.6 (85.3) |
28.7 (83.7) |
27.8 (82.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.5 (83.3) |
29.5 (85.1) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.0 (84.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.2 (75.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24 (75) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22 (72) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.3 (74.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.7 (63.9) |
18 (64) |
18.3 (64.9) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18 (64) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17 (63) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.7 (63.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 45 (1.8) |
57 (2.2) |
122 (4.8) |
196 (7.7) |
193 (7.6) |
179 (7.0) |
184 (7.2) |
234 (9.2) |
201 (7.9) |
213 (8.4) |
126 (5.0) |
50 (2.0) |
1,800 (70.8) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org (altitude: 1022m)[4] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Janssens, Émile (1979). Histoire de la Force Publique. x: Ghesquière & Partners Éditeurs. pp. 239–240.
- PMID 16943403.
- ^ "Province Orientale - District du Bas-Uele, du Haut-Uele et d'Ituri : Mouvements de population suite aux attaques des groupes armés : situation en Février 2011". RDC Humanitaire (in French). 22 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ a b "Climate: Watsa - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
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