Ouangani (French pronunciation: [wɑ̃ɡani]) is a commune in the French overseas department of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean.
Ouangani | |
|---|---|
 Location of the commune (in red) within Mayotte | |
Location of Ouangani  | |
| Coordinates: 12°50′55″S 45°08′41″E / 12.8487°S 45.1446°E | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region and department | Mayotte |
| Canton | Ouangani |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Youssouf Ambdi[1] |
Area 1 | 19.05 km2 (7.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[2] | 10,203 |
| • Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97614 /97670 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editClimate
editOuangani has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). The average annual temperature in Ouangani is 25.2 °C (77.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,611.2 mm (63.43 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in January, at around 26.9 °C (80.4 °F), and lowest in August, at around 23.1 °C (73.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Ouangani was 35.7 °C (96.3 °F) on 6 October 1999; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 10.0 °C (50.0 °F) on 21 September 2001.
| Climate data for Ouangani (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1992−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.5 (95.9) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
34.0 (93.2) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.7 (90.9) |
35.7 (96.3) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.7 (96.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.4 (88.5) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.5 (85.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.6 (87.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.5 (74.3) |
24.5 (76.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.1 (70.0) |
19.9 (67.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.0 (62.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
18.9 (66.0) |
20.5 (68.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
19.8 (67.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.7 (65.7) |
15.0 (59.0) |
14.7 (58.5) |
12.5 (54.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
10.0 (50.0) |
14.0 (57.2) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.0 (64.4) |
10.0 (50.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 350.7 (13.81) |
290.2 (11.43) |
261.5 (10.30) |
120.1 (4.73) |
36.8 (1.45) |
25.6 (1.01) |
14.0 (0.55) |
20.1 (0.79) |
36.1 (1.42) |
87.3 (3.44) |
107.8 (4.24) |
261.0 (10.28) |
1,611.2 (63.43) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 16.5 | 14.7 | 16.0 | 9.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 14.3 | 106.7 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 148.6 | 132.3 | 157.5 | 187.2 | 214.5 | 209.0 | 221.2 | 219.2 | 190.2 | 181.9 | 170.6 | 171.5 | 2,203.6 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ Populations légales de Mayotte en 2017, INSEE
- ^ "Normales et records pour Coconi Ouangani (985)". Meteociel. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
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