Catió

Catió
Catió is located in Guinea-Bissau
Catió
Catió
Location in Guinea-Bissau
Coordinates: 11°17′0″N 15°15′0″W / 11.28333°N 15.25000°W / 11.28333; -15.25000
Country Guinea-Bissau
RegionTombali Region
Elevation
1 m (3 ft)
Population
 (2008 est.)
 • Total
9,217
Market, Catió
Cumbija river near Catió

Catió is a city in south eastern Guinea-Bissau. It is the capital of Tombali Region.

Population 9,217 (2008 est).[1]

Catio, along with Canjadude and other camps were besieged by the Portuguese in 1973.[2]

Notable people

Climate

Catió has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) featuring hot temperatures year-round, little to no rainfall from November to May and heavy to extremely heavy rainfall from June to October.

Climate data for Catió
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 31.3
(88.3) 		32.4
(90.3) 		33.2
(91.8) 		33.6
(92.5) 		33.0
(91.4) 		31.1
(88.0) 		29.0
(84.2) 		28.2
(82.8) 		29.7
(85.5) 		30.9
(87.6) 		31.5
(88.7) 		30.5
(86.9) 		31.2
(88.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.4
(77.7) 		26.1
(79.0) 		27.2
(81.0) 		27.9
(82.2) 		27.9
(82.2) 		26.8
(80.2) 		25.8
(78.4) 		25.4
(77.7) 		26.3
(79.3) 		26.9
(80.4) 		27.3
(81.1) 		25.4
(77.7) 		26.5
(79.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 19.5
(67.1) 		19.9
(67.8) 		21.2
(70.2) 		22.2
(72.0) 		22.9
(73.2) 		22.6
(72.7) 		22.7
(72.9) 		22.6
(72.7) 		23.0
(73.4) 		22.9
(73.2) 		23.1
(73.6) 		20.4
(68.7) 		21.9
(71.5)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 0
(0) 		1
(0.0) 		0
(0) 		1
(0.0) 		38
(1.5) 		252
(9.9) 		632
(24.9) 		798
(31.4) 		460
(18.1) 		267
(10.5) 		57
(2.2) 		5
(0.2) 		2,511
(98.7)
Source: Climate-Data.org[3]

References

  1. ^ World Gazetteer [dead link‍], Retrieved on June 16, 2008
  2. ^ Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa, Issues 1390-1397. United States. Joint Publications Research Service. 1973. p. 29.
  3. ^ "Climate: Catió". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 8, 2020.


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