Masindi

Location of Masindi in Uganda

Masindi is a town in western Uganda with about 31 488 inhabitants. It is the capital of the eponymous district Masindi.

In the Anglican diocese of Masindi Masindi - Kitara has its headquarters

Infrastructure

The place has an airstrip. Roads made ​​by Pakwach, Hoima, Karuma and Nakasongala.

Demographics

Climate

Masindi came in June 2000 from a multi-year drought and brought it in the decade from 2000 to 2009 under of the years 2003/2004 to an average rainfall value of 347.17 mm annually. In contrast, the dry nineties came the period 1993-1999 under the account of the years '93 / '94 only to a meager 121.67 mm / yr The comparatively thoroughly moistened seventies were with their 499.51 millimeters per year in the period 1973-1978 such a fall not still imagine. Masindi reached at this time repeatedly minimum temperatures 4-5 ° C but warmed never higher than 34 ° C. A similarly large spread of the lowest and highest temperature has since never again measured. The number of torrential rain fell rapidly. In the seventies it was still part of three events in the range of 190-200 liters per square meter. On 27 September 2002, however, had to be absorbed only 109.98 liters per square meter.

• Location in Uganda
• Place in Africa