Bol
بول City of a thousand Gods | |
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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 data for Bol (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) | 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] |
Year | Population[2] |
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1993 | 7 769 |
2008 | 11 120 |
2017 | 11 701 |