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Moundou

Chad
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Moundou

Moundou is a city in the Soudanian region of Chad.

The city was created on 8 November 1923 by the French sergeant and administrator Joseph-François Reste, Lieutenant-General of Chad from 1923 to 1926 and future Governor General of French Equatorial Africa, who, from the whaleboat upon which he navigated the Logone, found the site pretty. By 1916, the military conquest of Chad was completed, however movements of resistance to the colonial regime took place. It was especially in the southwest of the country that dissensions continued until about 1930. He decided to found the post of Moundou in the centre of the rebellious zone. The rebellious situation did not change much with the arrival of Lieutenant Robert Reverdy. Chief of the district of the Middle Logone in 1925, Reverdy, who became a director in 1927, completed an uninterrupted stay for five years and eight months. He moved the chief town of the district to Moundou in 1927. Riding the country, on horseback and by litter, he subjected the organisation of strong chieftains, first of village then of township.

The city has an industry of ginning and processing of cotton (oil and soap) under CotonTchad. The export of cotton was done before the discovery of oil, the current main source of income for Chad. Cotton cultivation has been funded by French corporations (through the CCCE, now the AFD, and the public company Dagris, now Geocoton) and the European Development Fund of the European Union.

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Climate

Average temperatures

Jan

34.1°C15.1
Precipitation: 0 mm

Feb

36.7°C18.3
Precipitation: 0.2 mm

Mar

38.6°C22.5
Precipitation: 4.6 mm

Apr

38°C24.2
Precipitation: 39.2 mm

May

35.7°C23.5
Precipitation: 89.8 mm

Jun

32.3°C22.1
Precipitation: 147.7 mm

Jul

30.2°C21.2
Precipitation: 257.8 mm

Aug

29.8°C21
Precipitation: 284.8 mm

Sep

30.7°C20.8
Precipitation: 200.1 mm

Oct

33.1°C21
Precipitation: 57.1 mm

Nov

35.1°C17.4
Precipitation: 1.5 mm

Dec

34.2°C14.6
Precipitation: 0 mm
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