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Dembeni
Dembeni
Commune
	University of Mayotte in Dembeni
	Location of the commune (in red) within Mayotte
	Location of Dembeni
	Coordinates: 12°50′02″S 45°10′21″E / 12.8339°S 45.1725°E
Country	France
Overseas region and department	Mayotte
Canton	Dembeni
Intercommunality	CA Dembeni-Mamoudzou
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Moudjibou Saïdi
Area 1	38.8 km2 (15.0 sq mi)
Population (2017)	15,848
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+03:00
INSEE/Postal code	97607 /97660
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Dembeni (French pronunciation: [dɛmbeni]; also Dembéni) is a commune in the French overseas department of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean.

Geography

Climate

Dembeni has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). The average annual temperature in Dembeni is 25.9 °C (78.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,525.5 mm (60.06 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in March, at around 27.7 °C (81.9 °F), and lowest in August, at around 23.6 °C (74.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Dembeni was 35.7 °C (96.3 °F) on 17 November 2011; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 13.1 °C (55.6 °F) on 4 December 2002.

Climate data for Dembeni (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1994−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	35.0 (95.0)	34.8 (94.6)	35.5 (95.9)	35.1 (95.2)	34.1 (93.4)	32.5 (90.5)	32.0 (89.6)	32.3 (90.1)	33.5 (92.3)	35.1 (95.2)	35.7 (96.3)	35.0 (95.0)	35.7 (96.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	31.6 (88.9)	31.7 (89.1)	32.1 (89.8)	32.0 (89.6)	31.1 (88.0)	29.7 (85.5)	29.0 (84.2)	29.2 (84.6)	29.7 (85.5)	30.6 (87.1)	31.2 (88.2)	31.8 (89.2)	30.8 (87.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	27.6 (81.7)	27.6 (81.7)	27.7 (81.9)	27.3 (81.1)	26.0 (78.8)	24.5 (76.1)	23.6 (74.5)	23.6 (74.5)	24.3 (75.7)	25.4 (77.7)	26.5 (79.7)	27.1 (80.8)	25.9 (78.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	23.5 (74.3)	23.6 (74.5)	23.3 (73.9)	22.6 (72.7)	20.9 (69.6)	19.3 (66.7)	18.3 (64.9)	18.1 (64.6)	18.8 (65.8)	20.2 (68.4)	21.8 (71.2)	22.4 (72.3)	21.1 (70.0)
Record low °C (°F)	18.1 (64.6)	19.5 (67.1)	18.5 (65.3)	18.0 (64.4)	15.0 (59.0)	15.6 (60.1)	13.5 (56.3)	13.8 (56.8)	14.5 (58.1)	13.5 (56.3)	16.5 (61.7)	13.1 (55.6)	13.1 (55.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	346.4 (13.64)	267.9 (10.55)	260.2 (10.24)	118.5 (4.67)	37.3 (1.47)	24.4 (0.96)	16.3 (0.64)	18.2 (0.72)	26.4 (1.04)	63.0 (2.48)	112.5 (4.43)	234.4 (9.23)	1,525.5 (60.06)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	17.5	16.2	16.3	8.7	4.2	3.9	2.9	2.9	3.3	5.7	8.3	14.4	104.2
Mean monthly sunshine hours	166.7	146.8	181.0	213.6	240.2	239.2	241.2	247.6	219.8	211.8	206.2	193.6	2,507.6
Source: Meteociel (sun 1981-2010)^[3]

Demographics

Demographic evolution of Dembeni

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1966	1,269	—
1978	1,518	+1.50%
1985	2,382	+6.65%
1991	3,675	+7.49%
1997	5,554	+7.13%
2002	7,825	+7.10%
2007	10,141	+5.32%
2012	10,923	+1.50%
2017	15,848	+7.73%
Source: SPLAF (1966-2007)^[4] and INSEE (2012-2017)^[5]^[6]