Diourbel (Arabic: ديوربل; Serer: Jurbel, Wolof: Njaaréem) is a town in Senegal lying east of Thiès. It is known for its mosque and local groundnut industry and is the capital of the Diourbel Region. The population in 2013 was 133,705.
Diourbel ديوربل | |
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Town | |
  Diourbel Location in Senegal | |
| Coordinates: 14°39′07.7″N 16°14′02.5″W / 14.652139°N 16.234028°W | |
| Country |  Senegal |
| Region | Diourbel Region |
| Department | Diourbel |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 133,705 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Transport
Diourbel lies on the N3 road linking it to Dakar and is also served by a junction station on the Dakar-Niger Railway. Both the railway and the N3 cross the River Sine in the town.
Climate
| Climate data for Diourbel (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) | 34.2 (93.6) | 36.2 (97.2) | 38.6 (101.5) | 39.9 (103.8) | 40.3 (104.5) | 38.4 (101.1) | 35.5 (95.9) | 34.0 (93.2) | 34.2 (93.6) | 37.3 (99.1) | 37.8 (100.0) | 35.3 (95.5) | 36.8 (98.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.3 (59.5) | 16.9 (62.4) | 17.8 (64.0) | 18.4 (65.1) | 19.9 (67.8) | 22.2 (72.0) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 18.8 (65.8) | 16.4 (61.5) | 19.8 (67.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 8.2 (46.8) | 10.0 (50.0) | 10.5 (50.9) | 12.0 (53.6) | 13.4 (56.1) | 16.0 (60.8) | 14.1 (57.4) | 14.5 (58.1) | 15.5 (59.9) | 10.0 (50.0) | 7.0 (44.6) | 5.5 (41.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.2 (0.09) | 1.0 (0.04) | 0.1 (0.00) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.00) | 22.5 (0.89) | 98.0 (3.86) | 205.1 (8.07) | 164.1 (6.46) | 31.4 (1.24) | 0.7 (0.03) | 1.2 (0.05) | 526.4 (20.72) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 6.6 | 11.8 | 10 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 33.7 |
| Source: NOAA | |||||||||||||
Twin towns – sister cities
Diourbel is twinned with:
- Avignon, France
Notable people
- Serigne Abdou Ahad Mbacké, the third Mouride caliph, was born in 1914 in Diourbel.
- Seynabou Mbengue (born 1992), Senegalese footballer
- Makhtar N'Diaye, former NBA player
- Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (born 1990), writer and winner of the prestigious prix Goncourt