N'Délé or Ndele is a market town and sub prefecture in the north eastern Central African Republic, lying east of the Bamingui-Bangoran National Park. Ndélé is the capital of Bamingui-Bangoran, one of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic. N'Délé had a population of 10,850 as of the 2003 census; and a calculated 2013 population of 13,704.[3]
N'Délé | |
|---|---|
  N'Délé Location in Central African Republic | |
| Coordinates: 8°24′33″N 20°39′11″E / 8.40917°N 20.65306°E | |
| Country | Central African Republic |
| Prefecture | Bamingui-Bangoran |
| Government | |
| • Sub-Prefect | Dieu Beni Tebefra[1] |
| • Sultan | Ibrahim Kamoun Senoussi[2] |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 13,704 |
History
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The tata, or fortified wall, creates a citadel-like palace on a hill overlooking N'Délé. It was constructed at the behest of Sultan Mohammed al-Sanussi of Dar al Kuti in the late 19th century.[4] N'Délé, the tata, and the Kaga-Kpoungouvou Caves were collectively added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on April 11, 2006, in the Cultural category.[4] In 1970, N'Délé received electricity.[5]
When the fighting resumed in December 2012 between the FACA loyalists and the rebel coalition of Séléka, the city fell to rebel forces.[6][7] In 2020 heavy clashes erupted in the city between ex-Séléka FPRC and RPRC groups resulting in dozens people being killed. On 27 June 2021 N'Délé was recaptured by government forces.[8]
Climate
editN'Délé has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw) with a sweltering and arid dry season from November to mid-April and a hot and humid wet season – milder than the dry season by temperature but equally or more uncomfortable due to much higher humidity – from mid-April to the end of October.
| Climate data for N'Délé | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 36.5 (97.7) |
37.8 (100.0) |
38.5 (101.3) |
37.0 (98.6) |
34.6 (94.3) |
31.8 (89.2) |
30.4 (86.7) |
29.4 (84.9) |
30.5 (86.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
33.3 (91.9) |
34.7 (94.5) |
33.9 (92.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.2 (81.0) |
29.4 (84.9) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.0 (86.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
26.7 (80.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.1 (77.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.2 (70.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.1 (68.2) |
18.5 (65.3) |
16.2 (61.2) |
20.3 (68.6) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0 (0) |
6 (0.2) |
24 (0.9) |
65 (2.6) |
122 (4.8) |
151 (5.9) |
205 (8.1) |
235 (9.3) |
231 (9.1) |
131 (5.2) |
9 (0.4) |
0 (0) |
1,179 (46.5) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 279 | 263 | 250 | 209 | 222 | 189 | 160 | 151 | 157 | 201 | 277 | 268 | 2,626 |
| Source 1: Normales et records pour la période 2002–2013 à N'Dele,[9] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Climate : N'Délé for rainfall totals,[10] Étude méthodologique pour l'use des données climatologiques de l'Afrique tropicale for sunshine hours[11] | |||||||||||||
Transport
editThere is an airport in the city.
References
edit- ^ Oubangui Medias, Oubangui Medias. "Centrafrique : Décrets portant nomination des Gouverneurs, des Préfets et des Sous-Préfets". oubanguimedias.com. Oubangui Medias. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ NDÉLÉ : UN BÂTIMENT POUR DÉSENGORGER LES CLASSES ET RESPECTER LA DISTANCIATION SOCIALE A L’ÉCOLE DE NDOLA
- ^ "Central African Republic: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Le Tata (palais fortifié) du Sultan Sénoussi, les grottes de Kaga-Kpoungouvou, la ville de Ndélé". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ Rius, Juan Fandos; Bradshaw, Richard (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 251. ISBN 9780810879928.
- ^ "Centrafrique: Bangui sous la menace des rebelles". Le Figaro (in French). 26 December 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ "La France n'est pas en Centrafrique pour y protéger «un régime". Libération (in French). 27 December 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ RCA: la vie roule à merveille à Ndelé sous contrôle des FACA
- ^ "Normales et records pour la période 2002–2013 à N'Dele". Infoclimat. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
- ^ "Climate : N'Délé for rainfall totals". Infoclimat. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
- ^ "Étude méthodologique pour l'utilisation des données climatologiques de l'Afrique tropicale for sunshine hours""Étude méthodologique pour l'utilisation des données climatologiques de l'Afrique tropicale for sunshine hours" (PDF). Infoclimat. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
Books
edit- D. Cordell, Dar al-Kuti and the Last Years of the Trans-Saharan Slave Trade. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1985.