Kerewan
Town in the Gambia
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Kerewan is a town in the Gambia. Located beside the Miniminiyang Bolong, about 60 km from the capital Banjul. It is the seat of the Kerewan Local Government Area (formerly the North Bank Division), located on the north bank of the lower river Gambia.
Kerewan | |
|---|---|
 Location of the Kerewan Local Government Area | |
  Kerewan Location in the Gambia | |
| Coordinates: 13°30′N 16°05′W | |
| Country | The Gambia |
| Division | North Bank Division |
The population of the Kerewan LGA was 225,516 at the 2013 population census, with about 3,500 people in Kerewan town.[1]
History
Kerewan was founded in the second half of the 19th century by the prominent Fatty family from the village of Katchang.[2]
Climate
| Climate data for Kerewan (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 34.4 (93.9) |
36.5 (97.7) |
38.5 (101.3) |
39.1 (102.4) |
38.1 (100.6) |
35.9 (96.6) |
33.0 (91.4) |
— | 32.2 (90.0) |
33.9 (93.0) |
35.4 (95.7) |
34.7 (94.5) |
— |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) |
26.3 (79.3) |
28.2 (82.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.1 (84.4) |
27.9 (82.2) |
— | 27.4 (81.3) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.5 (81.5) |
25.9 (78.6) |
— |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.6 (60.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
18.1 (64.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.9 (67.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0.5 (0.02) |
0.8 (0.03) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
2.2 (0.09) |
77.7 (3.06) |
197.1 (7.76) |
295.0 (11.61) |
226.8 (8.93) |
74.5 (2.93) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.1 (0.00) |
874.7 (34.44) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 11.7 | 16.0 | 14.2 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 51.0 |
| Source: NOAA[3] | |||||||||||||
