Bol, Chad
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Bol
بول City of a thousand Gods | |
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 Bol in 1971 | |
  Bol Location in Chad | |
| Coordinates: 13°27′36″N 14°44′24″E / 13.46000°N 14.74000°E | |
| Country |  Chad |
| Region | Lac Region |
| Department | Mamdi Department |
| Sub-Prefecture | Bol |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 11,120 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Bol (Arabic: بول) is a city in Chad, the capital of the Lac Region. The town is served by Bol Airport (IATA: OTC, ICAO: FTTL), which has a paved runway. Bol was on the shores of Lake Chad, before it shrunk. Bol is 152 km to the north of the capital of Chad, N'Djamena.
Climate[edit]
| Climate data for Bol (1961-1990) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.3 (88.3) |
32.7 (90.9) |
35.3 (95.5) |
39.5 (103.1) |
39.0 (102.2) |
37.6 (99.7) |
34.4 (93.9) |
31.5 (88.7) |
35.2 (95.4) |
36.8 (98.2) |
30.4 (86.7) |
28.9 (84.0) |
34.4 (93.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) |
15.9 (60.6) |
19.7 (67.5) |
23.4 (74.1) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.1 (75.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
17.0 (62.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
20.4 (68.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.3 (0.01) |
7.5 (0.30) |
19.5 (0.77) |
70.3 (2.77) |
121.4 (4.78) |
38.3 (1.51) |
3.5 (0.14) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
260.8 (10.28) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Source: WMO[1] | |||||||||||||
Demographics[edit]
| Year | Population[2] |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 7 769 |
| 2008 | 11 120 |
| 2017 | 11 701 |
References[edit]
- ^ "World Weather Information Service - Bol ( monthly averages for the 30-year period 1961-1990)". Provided by Direction Generale de la Meteorologie Nationale (DGMN). World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ World Gazetteer: Chad Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
13°28′N 14°44′E / 13.46°N 14.74°E
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