Dembeni
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Dembeni | |
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_(34035754784).jpg) University of Mayotte in Dembeni | |
 Location of the commune (in red) within Mayotte | |
Location of Dembeni  | |
| Coordinates: 12°50′02″S 45°10′21″E / 12.8339°S 45.1725°E | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region and department | Mayotte |
| Canton | Dembeni |
| Intercommunality | CA Dembeni-Mamoudzou |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Moudjibou Saïdi[1] |
Area 1 | 38.8 km2 (15.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[2] | 15,848 |
| • Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97607 /97660 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Dembeni (French pronunciation: [dɛmbeni]; also Dembéni) is a commune in the French overseas department of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Dembeni has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). The average annual temperature in Dembeni is 25.9 °C (78.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,525.5 mm (60.06 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in March, at around 27.7 °C (81.9 °F), and lowest in August, at around 23.6 °C (74.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Dembeni was 35.7 °C (96.3 °F) on 17 November 2011; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 13.1 °C (55.6 °F) on 4 December 2002.
| Climate data for Dembeni (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1994−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.0 (95.0) |
34.8 (94.6) |
35.5 (95.9) |
35.1 (95.2) |
34.1 (93.4) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.3 (90.1) |
33.5 (92.3) |
35.1 (95.2) |
35.7 (96.3) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.7 (96.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.6 (88.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.1 (88.0) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.7 (85.5) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.8 (89.2) |
30.8 (87.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.6 (81.7) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.0 (78.8) |
24.5 (76.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.1 (80.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.5 (74.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.3 (64.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
18.8 (65.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 18.1 (64.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.0 (64.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
14.5 (58.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
13.1 (55.6) |
13.1 (55.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 346.4 (13.64) |
267.9 (10.55) |
260.2 (10.24) |
118.5 (4.67) |
37.3 (1.47) |
24.4 (0.96) |
16.3 (0.64) |
18.2 (0.72) |
26.4 (1.04) |
63.0 (2.48) |
112.5 (4.43) |
234.4 (9.23) |
1,525.5 (60.06) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 17.5 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 8.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 8.3 | 14.4 | 104.2 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 166.7 | 146.8 | 181.0 | 213.6 | 240.2 | 239.2 | 241.2 | 247.6 | 219.8 | 211.8 | 206.2 | 193.6 | 2,507.6 |
| Source: Meteociel (sun 1981-2010)[3] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
[edit]Demographic evolution of Dembeni
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 1,269 | — |
| 1978 | 1,518 | +1.50% |
| 1985 | 2,382 | +6.65% |
| 1991 | 3,675 | +7.49% |
| 1997 | 5,554 | +7.13% |
| 2002 | 7,825 | +7.10% |
| 2007 | 10,141 | +5.32% |
| 2012 | 10,923 | +1.50% |
| 2017 | 15,848 | +7.73% |
| Source: SPLAF (1966-2007)[4] and INSEE (2012-2017)[5][6] | ||
See also
[edit]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 Dembeni (985)". Meteociel. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ Description de Mayotte, SPLAF
- ^ Populations légales des communes de Mayotte en 2012, INSEE
- ^ Populations légales des communes de Mayotte en 2017, INSEE
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