Mahagi (territory)

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.
Map
Map
Country DR Congo
ProvinceIturi
SeatMahagi
Area
[1]
 • Total5,216 km2 (2,014 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total3,647,508
 • Density700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
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.[2][3]

The surroundings around Mahagi are a mosaic of farmland and natural vegetation.[4] Around Mahagi, it is quite densely populated, with 172 inhabitants per square kilometer.[5] The region has a savanna climate.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Cellule d'Analyses des Indicateurs de Développement". caid.cd (in French). Archived from the original on 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  2. ^ "Administrative Zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo Kinshasa)". statoids. April 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Mahagi". Google maps. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". 30 August 2021.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". 30 August 2021.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". 30 August 2021.
  8. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". 30 August 2021.