N'Délé

N'Délé or Ndele is a market town and sub prefecture in the north eastern Central African Republic, lying east of the Bamingui-Bangoran National Park. Ndélé is the capital of Bamingui-Bangoran, one of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic. N'Délé had a population of 10,850 as of the 2003 census; and a calculated 2013 population of 13,704.^[3]

N'Délé
N'Délé Location in Central African Republic
Coordinates: 8°24′33″N 20°39′11″E
Country	Central African Republic
Prefecture	Bamingui-Bangoran
Government
• Sub-Prefect	Dieu Beni Tebefra[1]
• Sultan	Ibrahim Kamoun Senoussi[2]
Population  (2013)
• Total	13,704

History

The market at N'Délé during the 19th century.

The tata, or fortified wall, creates a citadel-like palace on a hill overlooking N'Délé. It was constructed at the behest of Sultan Mohammed al-Sanussi of Dar al Kuti in the late 19th century.^[4] N'Délé, the tata, and the Kaga-Kpoungouvou Caves were collectively added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on April 11, 2006, in the Cultural category.^[4] In 1970, N'Délé received electricity.^[5]

When the fighting resumed in December 2012 between the FACA loyalists and the rebel coalition of Séléka, the city fell to rebel forces.^[6][7] In 2020 heavy clashes erupted in the city between ex-Séléka FPRC and RPRC groups resulting in dozens people being killed. On 27 June 2021 N'Délé was recaptured by government forces.^[8]

Climate

N'Délé has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw) with a sweltering and arid dry season from November to mid-April and a hot and humid wet season – milder than the dry season by temperature but equally or more uncomfortable due to much higher humidity – from mid-April to the end of October.

Climate data for N'Délé
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	36.5 (97.7)	37.8 (100.0)	38.5 (101.3)	37.0 (98.6)	34.6 (94.3)	31.8 (89.2)	30.4 (86.7)	29.4 (84.9)	30.5 (86.9)	31.7 (89.1)	33.3 (91.9)	34.7 (94.5)	33.9 (92.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	27.2 (81.0)	29.4 (84.9)	30.1 (86.2)	30.0 (86.0)	28.6 (83.5)	26.7 (80.1)	25.4 (77.7)	25.4 (77.7)	25.4 (77.7)	25.9 (78.6)	25.8 (78.4)	25.1 (77.2)	27.1 (80.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	18.0 (64.4)	20.7 (69.3)	21.3 (70.3)	22.9 (73.2)	22.6 (72.7)	21.2 (70.2)	20.7 (69.3)	21.3 (70.3)	20.4 (68.7)	20.1 (68.2)	18.5 (65.3)	16.2 (61.2)	20.3 (68.6)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	0 (0)	6 (0.2)	24 (0.9)	65 (2.6)	122 (4.8)	151 (5.9)	205 (8.1)	235 (9.3)	231 (9.1)	131 (5.2)	9 (0.4)	0 (0)	1,179 (46.5)
Mean monthly sunshine hours	279	263	250	209	222	189	160	151	157	201	277	268	2,626
Source 1: Normales et records pour la période 2002–2013 à N'Dele,[9]
Source 2: Climate : N'Délé for rainfall totals,[10] Étude méthodologique pour l'use des données climatologiques de l'Afrique tropicale for sunshine hours[11]

Transport

There is an airport in the city.

References

1. Oubangui Medias, Oubangui Medias. "Centrafrique : Décrets portant nomination des Gouverneurs, des Préfets et des Sous-Préfets". oubanguimedias.com. Oubangui Medias. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
2. NDÉLÉ : UN BÂTIMENT POUR DÉSENGORGER LES CLASSES ET RESPECTER LA DISTANCIATION SOCIALE A L’ÉCOLE DE NDOLA
3. "Central African Republic: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
4. "Le Tata (palais fortifié) du Sultan Sénoussi, les grottes de Kaga-Kpoungouvou, la ville de Ndélé". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
5. Rius, Juan Fandos; Bradshaw, Richard (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 251. ISBN 9780810879928.
6. "Centrafrique: Bangui sous la menace des rebelles". Le Figaro (in French). 26 December 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
7. "La France n'est pas en Centrafrique pour y protéger «un régime". Libération (in French). 27 December 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
8. RCA: la vie roule à merveille à Ndelé sous contrôle des FACA
9. "Normales et records pour la période 2002–2013 à N'Dele". Infoclimat. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
10. "Climate : N'Délé for rainfall totals". Infoclimat. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
11. "Étude méthodologique pour l'utilisation des données climatologiques de l'Afrique tropicale for sunshine hours""Étude méthodologique pour l'utilisation des données climatologiques de l'Afrique tropicale for sunshine hours" (PDF). Infoclimat. Retrieved 2014-01-13.

Books

• D. Cordell, Dar al-Kuti and the Last Years of the Trans-Saharan Slave Trade. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1985.

External links

• Satellite map at Maplandia.com