Basse Santa Su | |
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  Basse Santa Su Location in the Gambia | |
| Coordinates:13°19′N14°13′W / 13.317°N 14.217°W /13.317; -14.217 | |
| Country | The Gambia |
| Division | Upper River Division |
| District | Fulladu East |
| Population | |
• Total | 18,414 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Basse Santa Su, usually known asBasse, is a town inthe Gambia, lying on the south bank of theRiver Gambia. The easternmost major town in the nation, it is known for its important market. Basse is the capital of theUpper River Division, which is coterminous with the BasseLocal Government Area. As of 2009, the town has an estimated population of 18,414.[1] According to the 2013 census, the Basse LGA has 243,791 residents.[2]
Famous people includeAdama Barrow, the president of Gambia.
According to oral histories, the firstMandinka immigrants to the Gambia area, the Fati clan, settled inTumana near Basse. They subsequently acted as hosts and/or agents for future migrants, potentially includingTiramakhan Traore. Basse was at this point a hub in regional trade networks bringingkola nuts andGuinea pepper north from what is nowGuinea-Bissau andsalt and salted fish up the river from the coast.[3]
A bridge over theGambia river,funded by the Chinese Government, opened in October 2021.[4]
Basse Santa Su has atropical savanna climate (KöppenAw), almost dry enough to be ahot semi-arid climate (BSh) with almost no rainfall from November to May and heavy rainfall from June to October.
| Climate data for Basse (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 35.3 (95.5) | 37.8 (100.0) | 40.1 (104.2) | 41.4 (106.5) | 40.9 (105.6) | 37.4 (99.3) | 33.5 (92.3) | 32.3 (90.1) | 32.6 (90.7) | 34.7 (94.5) | 36.5 (97.7) | 35.5 (95.9) | 36.5 (97.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) | 27.6 (81.7) | 30.4 (86.7) | 32.5 (90.5) | 33.1 (91.6) | 31.3 (88.3) | 28.7 (83.7) | 27.8 (82.0) | 27.8 (82.0) | 28.9 (84.0) | 27.6 (81.7) | 25.4 (77.7) | 28.8 (83.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.6 (58.3) | 17.4 (63.3) | 20.6 (69.1) | 23.7 (74.7) | 25.4 (77.7) | 25.2 (77.4) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.1 (73.6) | 18.9 (66.0) | 15.3 (59.5) | 21.2 (70.2) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 0.2 (0.01) | 0.4 (0.02) | 0.1 (0.00) | 0.0 (0.0) | 11.1 (0.44) | 93.5 (3.68) | 192.0 (7.56) | 314.3 (12.37) | 227.0 (8.94) | 62.7 (2.47) | 1.6 (0.06) | 0.3 (0.01) | 903.2 (35.56) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 6.3 | 12.1 | 15.6 | 13.8 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 54.2 |
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13°19′N14°13′W / 13.317°N 14.217°W /13.317; -14.217
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