Gabú (town)
Place in Gabú region, Guinea-Bissau
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Gabú is the largest city in eastern Guinea-Bissau, the second most populated city in the country and capital of the Gabú region.
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Nova Lamego | |
|---|---|
Gabú, Guinea-Bissau | |
  Gabú Location in Guinea-Bissau  Gabú Gabú (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 12°17′0″N 14°13′0″W | |
| Country | Guinea-Bissau |
| Region | Gabú region |
| Elevation | 39 m (128 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 37,525 |
| • Ethnicities | Fula people |
| • Religions | Islam |
Name
The Portuguese named the town Nova Lamego ie "New Lamego", after the Douro town of Lamego. After Guinea Bissau's independence, it was renamed Gabú (sometimes spelled Cabu[1]) in honor of the pre-colonial empire.
Trade
Gabú is now mostly known as a market town with the second largest market of Guinea-Bissau, notably trading coal and ceramics as well as agricultural products. Traders come from as far afield as Guinea, Senegal, Mali and Sierra Leone.
Climate
Gabú has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw), similar to that of the capital Bissau but with – due to its inland location – about a quarter less rainfall and larger diurnal temperature variations. As with all of Guinea-Bissau, there are two extremely contrasting seasons: a dry season from November to May with dusty harmattan winds and hot to sweltering, rainless weather, and a monsoonal wet season from June to October featuring heavy thunderstorm rains almost every day and hot, uncomfortably humid conditions.
| Climate data for Gabú | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.7 (89.1) |
34.4 (93.9) |
37.1 (98.8) |
38.0 (100.4) |
36.4 (97.5) |
33.1 (91.6) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.2 (84.6) |
30.2 (86.4) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.9 (89.4) |
30.5 (86.9) |
32.8 (91.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.8 (73.0) |
25.4 (77.7) |
28.4 (83.1) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.6 (85.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
26.3 (79.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) |
16.5 (61.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
15.0 (59.0) |
19.9 (67.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
3 (0.1) |
37 (1.5) |
159 (6.3) |
273 (10.7) |
420 (16.5) |
350 (13.8) |
180 (7.1) |
20 (0.8) |
2 (0.1) |
1,444 (56.9) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||