Chitipa
Chitipa Fort Hill | |
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Coordinates: 9°42′07″S 33°16′12″E / 9.70194°S 33.27000°E | |
Country | Malawi |
Region | Northern Region |
District | Chitipa District |
Population (2018 Census[1]) | |
• Total | 17,743 |
Time zone | +2 |
Climate | Aw |
Chitipa, also known as Fort Hill, is the capital of Chitipa District, Malawi and the birthplace of Malawian lawyer, politician, and philanthropist James Nyondo. It is very near Malawi's tri-point border with Zambia and Tanzania.
Climate
[edit]Climate data for Chitipa (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) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.1 (79.0) | 25.6 (78.1) | 24.8 (76.6) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.5 (74.3) | 24.9 (76.8) | 27.7 (81.9) | 29.9 (85.8) | 29.6 (85.3) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.3 (79.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) | 20.4 (68.7) | 20.5 (68.9) | 19.9 (67.8) | 18.7 (65.7) | 17.2 (63.0) | 16.8 (62.2) | 18.2 (64.8) | 20.8 (69.4) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.8 (73.0) | 20.9 (69.6) | 20.0 (68.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.2 (63.0) | 16.9 (62.4) | 15.1 (59.2) | 12.9 (55.2) | 12.5 (54.5) | 13.7 (56.7) | 15.9 (60.6) | 17.7 (63.9) | 18.3 (64.9) | 17.6 (63.7) | 16.0 (60.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 204.8 (8.06) | 216.0 (8.50) | 192.0 (7.56) | 56.6 (2.23) | 7.5 (0.30) | 0.6 (0.02) | 0.8 (0.03) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.7 (0.03) | 6.0 (0.24) | 78.8 (3.10) | 224.0 (8.82) | 987.8 (38.89) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.3 mm) | 21 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 107 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 83 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 73 | 70 | 63 | 55 | 57 | 61 | 79 | 72 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 142.6 | 137.2 | 173.6 | 213.0 | 260.4 | 282.0 | 300.7 | 310.0 | 297.0 | 291.4 | 234.0 | 167.4 | 2,809.3 |
Mean daily sunshine hours | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 5.4 | 7.7 |
Source: NOAA[2] |
Demographics
[edit]Year | Population[3][1] |
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1987 | 4,925 |
1998 | 7,636 |
2008 | 14,753 |
2018 | 17,743 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2018 Population and Housing Census Main Report" (PDF). Malawi National Statistical Office. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Chitipa Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ World Gazetteer: Malawi: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine