Salima is a township in the Central Region of Malawi and the capital of the Salima District.
Salima | |
|---|---|
  Salima Location in Malawi | |
| Coordinates: 13°47′S 34°26′E / 13.783°S 34.433°E | |
| Country |  Malawi |
| Region | Central Region |
| District | Salima District |
| Elevation | 538 m (1,765 ft) |
| Population (2018 Census[1]) | |
| • Total | 36,789 |
| Time zone | +2 |
| Climate | Aw |
Transport
editThe city has a railway station on the Sena railway, under concession of Central East African Railways.
Taxi bicycles, called "Dampa/kabaza" in the local language, are the most common mode of transport in the district.
Climate
edit| Climate data for Salima (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.4 (84.9) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.5 (85.1) |
28.9 (84.0) |
27.8 (82.0) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.9 (78.6) |
27.8 (82.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.2 (90.0) |
30.3 (86.5) |
29.2 (84.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.8 (76.6) |
24.7 (76.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
22.5 (72.5) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.9 (71.4) |
24.1 (75.4) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.9 (80.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.0 (75.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.4 (70.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.7 (69.3) |
17.9 (64.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.8 (60.4) |
16.9 (62.4) |
18.7 (65.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 339.4 (13.36) |
266.4 (10.49) |
254.4 (10.02) |
92.5 (3.64) |
10.7 (0.42) |
2.0 (0.08) |
0.4 (0.02) |
0.4 (0.02) |
0.3 (0.01) |
6.4 (0.25) |
43.6 (1.72) |
250.0 (9.84) |
1,266.5 (49.86) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.3 mm) | 18 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 82 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80 | 82 | 77 | 73 | 68 | 63 | 61 | 57 | 55 | 54 | 61 | 75 | 67 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 182.9 | 173.6 | 229.4 | 261.0 | 294.5 | 279.0 | 275.9 | 300.7 | 300.0 | 310.0 | 270.0 | 207.7 | 3,084.7 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 5.9 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 6.7 | 8.4 |
| Source: NOAA[2] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
edit| Year | Population[3][1] |
|---|---|
| 1977 | 4,646 |
| 1987 | 10,606 |
| 1998 | 20,355 |
| 2008 | 27,852 |
| 2018 | 36,789 |
References
edit- ^ a b "2018 Population and Housing Census Main Report" (PDF). Malawi National Statistical Office. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Salima Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ World Gazetteer: Malawi: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
13°47′S 34°26′E / 13.783°S 34.433°E
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