Médina Gounass is a rural community of Bonconto Arrondissement in the Vélingara Department, Kolda Region, Senegal.[1][2][3]
Médina Gounass | |
|---|---|
  Médina Gounass | |
| Coordinates: 13°8′19.9896″N 13°45′36.4932″W / 13.138886000°N 13.760137000°W | |
| Country |  Senegal |
| Region | Kolda Region |
| Department | Vélingara Department |
| Arrondissement | Bonconto |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Notable people
editNotable people:[4]
- Cherif Mohamed Aly Aidara, founder of the international NGO Mozdahir
Climate
editMédina Gounass has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with no rainfall from November to May and heavy rainfall from June to October.
| Climate data for Médina Gounass | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.2 (90.0) |
35.3 (95.5) |
37.6 (99.7) |
38.7 (101.7) |
38.6 (101.5) |
34.7 (94.5) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.4 (88.5) |
33.2 (91.8) |
34.0 (93.2) |
32.4 (90.3) |
34.2 (93.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.1 (73.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
29.2 (84.6) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.5 (81.5) |
26.0 (78.8) |
23.5 (74.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.9 (71.4) |
18.1 (64.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0 (0) |
1 (0.0) |
0 (0) |
3 (0.1) |
23 (0.9) |
122 (4.8) |
200 (7.9) |
282 (11.1) |
238 (9.4) |
81 (3.2) |
5 (0.2) |
0 (0) |
955 (37.6) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Enquête villages de 2009 sur l’accès aux services sociaux de base. Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD).
- ^ Projection de la population du Sénégal 2013-2025. Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD).
- ^ Décret no 2009-621 du 30 juin 2009 fixant le ressort territorial et le Chef-lieu des régions, départements et arrondissements, publié au Journal officiel de la République du Sénégal, no 6489 du samedi 19 septembre 2009.
- ^ "SORTIE DU MAIRE DE BONKONTOU : Les précisions de Chérif Habibou Aïdara". Retrieved Feb 21, 2020.
- ^ "Climate: Médina Gounass". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
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