Mahagi (territory) explained

Official Name:Mahagi
Settlement Type:Territory
Pushpin Map:Central African Republic
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Central African Republic
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ituri
Seat:Mahagi
Unit Pref:metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:5,216
Population Total:3,647,508
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Central Africa Time
Utc Offset:+2

Mahagi is a territory and a locality of Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the northeastern part of the country, 1,900 km east of the capital Kinshasa.[2] [3]

The surroundings around Mahagi are a mosaic of farmland and natural vegetation.[4] Around Mahagi, it is quite densely populated, with 172 inhabitants per square kilometer.[5] The region has a savanna climate.[6] Annual average temperature in the funnel is 21 °C. The warmest month is February, when the average temperature is 24 °C, and the coldest is August, with 18 °C.[7] Average annual rainfall is 1,057 millimeters. The rainy month is September, with an average of 182 mm rainfall, and the driest is January, with 8 mm rainfall.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cellule d'Analyses des Indicateurs de Développement . caid.cd . https://web.archive.org/web/20210510184517/https://www.caid.cd/index.php/donnees-par-province-administrative/province-de-ituri/territoire-de-mahagi/?secteur=fiche . 2021-05-10 . dead . fr . 2023-03-26.
  2. Web site: Administrative Zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo Kinshasa). April 2008. statoids. 5 June 2018.
  3. Web site: Mahagi. Google maps. 5 June 2018.
  4. Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification. 30 August 2021.
  5. Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Population Density. 30 August 2021.
  6. Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. 2007. Peel. M. C.. Finlayson. B. L.. McMahon. T. A.. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11. 5. 1633–1644. free.
  7. Web site: NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index. 30 August 2021.
  8. Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM). 30 August 2021.