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| Sélibaby Arabic: سليبابي | |
|---|---|
| Commune and town | |
 A view from a commercial street in Sélibaby | |
  SélibabyLocation in Mauritania | |
| Coordinates: 15°9′33″N 12°11′00″W / 15.15917°N 12.18333°W / 15.15917; -12.18333 | |
| Country |  Mauritania |
| Region | Guidimaka Region |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,000 km (800 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 62 m (203 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 26,420 |
Sélibaby (Arabic: سليبابي) is a capital town and department of the Guidimaka Region, in Mauritania. It is located at around 15°9′33″N 12°11′00″W / 15.15917°N 12.18333°W / 15.15917; -12.18333.
It is divided into a number of "quartiers" which include "College", "Silo", 'Ferlo", "Nezaha", "Saada", "El Jedidah", "Bambaradougou" amongst many others.
Selibaby also has a regional Hospital, funded by the Chinese government and partially staffed by Chinese doctors and is the headquarters of the regional director of health.
Selibaby is also a center for NGOs who operate in the region.
Climate
Sélibaby has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The city is among the wettest in the country due to its significant exposure to the West African Monsoon, with about 452 mm (17.80 in) of precipitation falling annually. The average annual temperature in Sélibaby is 29.0 °C (84.2 °F).
| Climate data for Selibaby | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 33.5 (92.3) |
36.0 (96.8) |
38.7 (101.7) |
40.7 (105.3) |
41.1 (106.0) |
38.6 (101.5) |
34.7 (94.5) |
33.0 (91.4) |
34.2 (93.6) |
36.9 (98.4) |
36.3 (97.3) |
33.1 (91.6) |
36.4 (97.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
24.1 (75.4) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
19.0 (66.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
21.6 (71.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0 (0) |
1 (0.0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
3 (0.1) |
48 (1.9) |
109 (4.3) |
157 (6.2) |
109 (4.3) |
23 (0.9) |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
452 (17.7) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org, Climate data | |||||||||||||
15°9′33″N 12°11′00″W / 15.15917°N 12.18333°W / 15.15917; -12.18333
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