Daru, Sierra Leone
Daru | |
|---|---|
  Daru Location in Sierra Leone | |
| Coordinates: 07°59′31″N 10°50′26″W / 7.99194°N 10.84056°WCoordinates: 07°59′31″N 10°50′26″W / 7.99194°N 10.84056°W | |
| Country |  Sierra Leone |
| Province | Eastern Province |
| District | Kailahun |
| Chiefdom | Jawei |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,958 [1] |
| 2010 | |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (GMT) |
Daru[1] is a small town in Kailahun District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone with a population of 5,958 (2010 estimate)[2] Daru lies approximately 25 miles ( (40 kilometers) to Kenema[2]
Daru is home to one of the largest military barracks in Sierra Leone. The vast majority of the people in the town are from the Mende ethnic group.
Steady Bongo, one of the most popular Sierra Leonean musicians, was born and raised in Daru. And Samuel Swarray clinical officer at Medicine sans frontier is also an indigene of jawie.
Transport[]
Daru was formerly the terminus of a now closed railway line from the capital.
Climate[]
Daru has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from December to February and heavy to very heavy rainfall from March to November.
| Climate data for Daru | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31.4 (88.5) |
33.8 (92.8) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.2 (91.8) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.0 (87.8) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.3 (82.9) |
30.0 (86.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.2 (77.4) |
26.1 (78.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 15.3 (59.5) |
19.9 (67.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
20.6 (69.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 12 (0.5) |
34 (1.3) |
91 (3.6) |
163 (6.4) |
241 (9.5) |
301 (11.9) |
333 (13.1) |
377 (14.8) |
391 (15.4) |
324 (12.8) |
173 (6.8) |
42 (1.7) |
2,482 (97.8) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Daru (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ "Population of Daru".
- ^ "Climate: Daru". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
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