Moundou

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موندو
Moundou
Moundou (Chad)
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Coordinates 8 ° 31 '  N , 16 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 8 ° 31 '  N , 16 ° 4'  E
Basic data
Country Chad

region

Logone Occidental
ISO 3166-2 TD-LO
height 420 m
Residents 137,251 (2009)
founding 11/08/1923Template: Infobox location / maintenance / date
Satellite image of the city with Lac Ouei to the west and the Logone Occidental.
Satellite image of the city with Lac Ouei to the west and the Logone Occidental.

Moundou ( Arabic موندو) is a city in southern Chad and the capital of the Logone Occidental region . With around 137,000 inhabitants, it is the second largest city in the country.

history

Moundou is the youngest city in Chad. It was founded on November 8, 1923 by the French military.

geography

Moundou is traversed by the Logone Occidental river, which is also the namesake for the region. A bridge connects the northern and southern parts of the city. The northern part is bounded in its southwest by Lac Ouei . It is located at an altitude of 420 m above sea level. M.

The entire area of ​​the northern Logonetal has only slight differences in altitude. During the annual floods of the Logone Occidental, the water also flows into Lac Ouei, and from there into the entire city.

economy

The city is the most important industrial center of the African state. Important industries are petroleum , cotton and the consumer goods industries. Moundou has an international airport.

Since 1959 the city has been the seat of the eponymous diocese of the Roman Catholic Church .

The city has an airport from which flights to N´Djamena and Sarh depart .

climate

The city has a typical African humid savanna climate with year-round average temperatures of around 25 ° C and an annual rainfall of 1250 mm.

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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: wetterkontor.de
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Moundou
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 36.5 39.8 41.2 40.8 36.2 33.9 31.2 30.7 30.7 32.6 35.3 35.0 O 35.3
Min. Temperature (° C) 14.3 17.7 21.8 23.2 22.8 21.9 21.5 21.6 21.2 21.6 18.0 14.0 O 20th
Precipitation ( mm ) 0 0 7th 50 93 134 228 290 227 70 2 0 Σ 1.101
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 9.0 8.9 8.0 7.8 7.8 7.0 5.9 5.5 6.2 7.6 9.4 9.4 O 7.7
Humidity ( % ) 37 29 32 51 64 74 80 82 83 76 58 46 O 59.5
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See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ bevölkerungsstatistik.de (2006)
  2. ↑ Chad: Regions, Cities & Urban Places - Population Statistics in Maps and Tables. Retrieved May 8, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Urbanisme (French)
  4. ↑ Flightradar24: Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map. Retrieved November 22, 2019 .