Mahagi (territory)

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Mahagi
Territory
Amee-based MONUSCO peacekeepers from Bangladesh organized in January 2022 on a long-range patrol towards Aungba.
Amee-based MONUSCO peacekeepers from Bangladesh organized in January 2022 on a long-range patrol towards Aungba.
Country DR Congo
ProvinceIturi
SeatMahagi
Time zoneUTC+2 (Central Africa Time)

Mahagi is a territory and a locality of Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the northeastern part of the country, 1,900 km east of the capital Kinshasa.[1][2]

The surroundings around Mahagi are a mosaic of farmland and natural vegetation.[3] Around Mahagi, it is quite densely populated, with 172 inhabitants per square kilometer.[4] The region has a savanna climate.[5] Annual average temperature in the funnel is 21 °C. The warmest month is February, when the average temperature is 24 °C, and the coldest is August, with 18 °C.[6] Average annual rainfall is 1,057 millimeters. The rainy month is September, with an average of 182 mm rainfall, and the driest is January, with 8 mm rainfall.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Administrative Zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo Kinshasa)". statoids. April 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Mahagi". Google maps. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". 30 August 2021.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". 30 August 2021.
  5. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
  6. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". 30 August 2021.
  7. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". 30 August 2021.

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