Mékambo
Place in Ogooué-Ivindo Province, Gabon
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Mékambo is a small town in north-eastern Gabon on the banks of the Zadié river. It is located in the Ogooué-Ivindo province of Gabon and is the seat of the Zadié Department. It has received international press for recent outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in 1994 and 1997.
Mékambo | |
|---|---|
  Mékambo Location in Gabon | |
| Coordinates: 1°1′N 13°56′E | |
| Country |  Gabon |
| Province | Ogooué-Ivindo Province |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,891 |
It is served by Mékambo Airport.
Climate
Mékambo has a tropical dry savanna climate (Köppen climate classification As).
| Climate data for Mékambo (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.3 (84.7) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.0 (86.0) |
28.3 (82.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.7 (83.7) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.0 (84.2) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.2 (84.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.8 (74.8) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.7 (76.5) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.5 (72.5) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.9 (75.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.3 (64.9) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.5 (65.3) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
18.6 (65.5) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.7 (65.7) |
19.2 (66.6) |
18.6 (65.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 69.4 (2.73) |
88.5 (3.48) |
166.3 (6.55) |
167.7 (6.60) |
173.6 (6.83) |
80.2 (3.16) |
25.9 (1.02) |
45.1 (1.78) |
183.2 (7.21) |
294.8 (11.61) |
200.5 (7.89) |
88.6 (3.49) |
1,583.8 (62.35) |
| Average precipitation days | 6.7 | 8.5 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 7.8 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 14.3 | 18.5 | 15.9 | 8.1 | 128.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 81 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 84 | 85 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 82 |
| Source: NOAA[1] | |||||||||||||
Minerals
Iron ore deposits are found in the vicinity.
