Navrongo
| Continent | Africa  |
|---|---|
| Country | Ghana |
| Capital of | Kassena Nankana Municipal District |
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Kassena Nankana Municipal District, Kassena-Nankana District |
| Coordinate location | 10°53′30″N 1°5′20″W, 10°53′41″N 1°5′27″W |
Navrongo be a town den de capital of Kassena-Nankana Municipal District insyd de Upper East Region of northern Ghana, adjacent to de border plus Burkina Faso.
Navrongo be an important market town, dem known for ein cathedral den ein grotto. E dey house de Navrongo Solar Power Station, Ghana ein first solar plant.[1]
Na Navrongo ein population insyd 2005 dem estimate to be 25,470,[2] den insyd 2012 na dem estimate am to be 27,306.
De terrain be flat den de ecology be typical of de Sahel – arid grassland plus occasional shrubbery.
History
[edit | edit source]Na dem found de town around 1740 by Butu, a Nankane speaking hunter wey komot Zecco (present day southern Burkina Faso), wey initially he settle insyd Pungu (a Kasem speaking community further south of Zecco).[3] During de 19th century, de town cam be an important staging post on de Sahel caravan route. At de beginning of de 20th century de British establish a base at Navrongo.[4]
Climate
[edit | edit source]Navrongo get a tropical savanna climate (Aw according to de Köppen climate classification) plus de temperature be hot year-round, although der be a wet season den a dry season. On 26 March 2017, Navrongo record a temperature of 43.8 °C (110.8 °F), wich na de highest temperature ever be recorded insyd Ghana.[5]
| Climate data for Navrongo (1991-2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 41.2 (106.2) |
44.0 (111.2) |
43.8 (110.8) |
44.2 (111.6) |
44.6 (112.3) |
39.3 (102.7) |
37.2 (99.0) |
35.5 (95.9) |
36.1 (97.0) |
39.3 (102.7) |
40.6 (105.1) |
42.0 (107.6) |
44.6 (112.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 35.7 (96.3) |
38.2 (100.8) |
40.1 (104.2) |
39.1 (102.4) |
36.3 (97.3) |
33.5 (92.3) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.7 (89.1) |
34.3 (93.7) |
37.4 (99.3) |
36.5 (97.7) |
35.4 (95.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.9 (82.2) |
30.5 (86.9) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
30.9 (87.6) |
28.7 (83.7) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
29.2 (84.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.4 (77.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
20.6 (69.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
23.0 (73.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 12.8 (55.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.7 (63.9) |
18.0 (64.4) |
15.6 (60.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
12.8 (55.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0.2 (0.01) |
3.2 (0.13) |
7.8 (0.31) |
55.9 (2.20) |
107.9 (4.25) |
127.7 (5.03) |
192.1 (7.56) |
268.7 (10.58) |
156.1 (6.15) |
63.0 (2.48) |
2.4 (0.09) |
0.0 (0.0) |
985.0 (38.78) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 6.5 | 8.6 | 11.2 | 14.6 | 12.0 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 64.2 |
| Source 1: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)[6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Sistema de Clasificación Bioclimática Mundial (extremes)[7] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Volta River Authority | Commissioning of the Kaleo Solar Power Plant". www.vra.com. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ "2005 population estimates for cities in Ghana". Retrieved 2007-09-26.
- ↑ Adewoba. 'Aspects of Wealth and Exchange'.
- ↑ Arhim. 'The Papers of George Ferguson'.
- ↑ Masters, Jeff (18 January 2018). "NOAA: Earth Had Its Third Warmest Year on Record in 2017". Wunderground. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ↑ "Navrongo Climate Normals 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ↑ "Ghana–Navrongo". Centro de Investigaciones Fitosociológicas. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
External links
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- Navrongo Health Research Centre — a Ghana Health Service research centre based in Navrongo.
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