Bol, Chad
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Bol بول City of a thousand Gods | |
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![]() Bol in 1971 | |
Coordinates: 13°27′36″N 14°44′24″E / 13.46000°N 14.74000°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Lac Region |
Department | Mamdi Department |
Sub-Prefecture | Bol |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 11,120 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Bol (Arabic: بول) is a city in Chad, the capital of the Lac Region. The town is served by Bol Airport (IATA: OTC, ICAO: FTTL), which has a paved runway. Bol was on the shores of Lake Chad, before it shrunk. Bol is 152 km to the north of the capital of Chad, N'Djamena.
Climate
[edit]Climate data for Bol (1961-1990) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.3 (88.3) | 32.7 (90.9) | 35.3 (95.5) | 39.5 (103.1) | 39.0 (102.2) | 37.6 (99.7) | 34.4 (93.9) | 31.5 (88.7) | 35.2 (95.4) | 36.8 (98.2) | 30.4 (86.7) | 28.9 (84.0) | 34.4 (93.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) | 15.9 (60.6) | 19.7 (67.5) | 23.4 (74.1) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.1 (75.4) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 21.5 (70.7) | 17.0 (62.6) | 14.0 (57.2) | 20.4 (68.7) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.3 (0.01) | 7.5 (0.30) | 19.5 (0.77) | 70.3 (2.77) | 121.4 (4.78) | 38.3 (1.51) | 3.5 (0.14) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 260.8 (10.28) |
Average rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
Source: WMO[1] |
Demographics
[edit]Year | Population[2] |
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1993 | 7 769 |
2008 | 11 120 |
2017 | 11 701 |
References
[edit]- ^ "World Weather Information Service - Bol ( monthly averages for the 30-year period 1961-1990)". Provided by Direction Generale de la Meteorologie Nationale (DGMN). World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ World Gazetteer: Chad Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
13°28′N 14°44′E / 13.46°N 14.74°E