N'Délé

N'Délé
N'Délé is located in Central African Republic
N'Délé
N'Délé
Location in Central African Republic
Coordinates: 8°24′33″N 20°39′11″E / 8.40917°N 20.65306°E / 8.40917; 20.65306
CountryCentral African Republic
PrefectureBamingui-Bangoran
Government
 • Sub-PrefectDieu Beni Tebefra[1]
 • SultanIbrahim Kamoun Senoussi[2]
Population
 (2013)
 • Total
13,704

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]

History

The market at N'Délé during the 19th century.

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

N'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]

References

  1. ^ Oubangui Medias, Oubangui Medias. "Centrafrique : Décrets portant nomination des Gouverneurs, des Préfets et des Sous-Préfets". oubanguimedias.com. Oubangui Medias. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  2. ^ NDÉLÉ : UN BÂTIMENT POUR DÉSENGORGER LES CLASSES ET RESPECTER LA DISTANCIATION SOCIALE A L’ÉCOLE DE NDOLA
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Rius, Juan Fandos; Bradshaw, Richard (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 251. ISBN 9780810879928.
  6. ^ "Centrafrique: Bangui sous la menace des rebelles". Le Figaro (in French). 26 December 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  7. ^ "La France n'est pas en Centrafrique pour y protéger «un régime". Libération (in French). 27 December 2012. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  8. ^ RCA: la vie roule à merveille à Ndelé sous contrôle des FACA
  9. ^ "Normales et records pour la période 2002–2013 à N'Dele". Infoclimat. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  10. ^ "Climate : N'Délé for rainfall totals". Infoclimat. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  11. ^ "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

  • D. Cordell, Dar al-Kuti and the Last Years of the Trans-Saharan Slave Trade. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1985.
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