Mahagi (territory)

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]

Mahagi
Territory
Country DR Congo
ProvinceIturi
SeatMahagi
Time zoneUTC+2 (Central Africa Time)

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".
  4. "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density".
  5. http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.html
  6. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index".
  7. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)".

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