Vingt-Cinq
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Geography | |
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Location | Indian Ocean |
Coordinates | 10°25′S 56°35′E / 10.417°S 56.583°E |
Total islands | 2 |
Administration | |
Dependency | Agalega |
Largest settlement | Vingt-Cinq |
Demographics | |
Population | 250 (2000) |
Ethnic groups | Creole |
Vingt-Cinq, French for Twenty-Five, is the capital of the Agaléga Islands, two islands in the Indian Ocean, governed by Mauritius.
Location
[edit]It is located on the North Island, near a small airfield. In the town, there is a primary school (Jacques Le Chartier Government School) and a hospital.[1] The name, Vingt-Cinq, is believed to refer to the number of lashes that slaves on the island received as punishment.[2]
Vingt-Cinq is located north of Mauritius, and had a population of 200 in 2012. The people of the island are mostly the descendants of the first slaves from mainland Africa and Madagascar to Mauritius.[3]
Climate
[edit]Climate data for Agalega (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 35.1 (95.2) | 34.3 (93.7) | 34.2 (93.6) | 34.6 (94.3) | 33.3 (91.9) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.5 (88.7) | 33.0 (91.4) | 33.6 (92.5) | 34.0 (93.2) | 35.1 (95.2) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.6 (88.9) | 30.7 (87.3) | 29.5 (85.1) | 28.8 (83.8) | 28.9 (84.0) | 29.5 (85.1) | 30.2 (86.4) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.5 (88.7) | 30.5 (86.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.8 (82.0) | 27.7 (81.9) | 28.0 (82.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 27.6 (81.7) | 26.4 (79.5) | 25.6 (78.1) | 25.6 (78.1) | 26.0 (78.8) | 26.7 (80.1) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.0 (80.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.8 (76.6) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.9 (75.0) | 24.2 (75.6) | 24.0 (75.2) | 24.0 (75.2) |
Record low °C (°F) | 20.7 (69.3) | 21.0 (69.8) | 20.5 (68.9) | 18.7 (65.7) | 18.5 (65.3) | 18.9 (66.0) | 18.4 (65.1) | 16.9 (62.4) | 16.8 (62.2) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.2 (63.0) | 18.0 (64.4) | 16.8 (62.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 273.2 (10.76) | 255.8 (10.07) | 192.7 (7.59) | 174.2 (6.86) | 118.3 (4.66) | 106.1 (4.18) | 102.4 (4.03) | 62.1 (2.44) | 56.3 (2.22) | 95.3 (3.75) | 109.7 (4.32) | 225.8 (8.89) | 1,771.8 (69.76) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 17.4 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 13.5 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 13.7 | 11.4 | 9.1 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 14.0 | 156.5 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 210.2 | 192.8 | 225.9 | 243.4 | 245.9 | 216.3 | 227.6 | 250.4 | 240.0 | 245.0 | 249.2 | 246.1 | 2,792.7 |
Source: NOAA[4] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ministry of Local Government, Disaster and Risk Management - Agalega". localgovernment.govmu.org. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
- ^ Richards, Alexandra (2016). Mauritius: Rodrigues. Reunion. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-84162-924-7.
- ^ "Agalega: A glimpse of India's remote island military base". www.lowyinstitute.org. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Agalega". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 4, 2024.