Dembeni

{{short description|Commune in Mayotte, France}} {{For|the town on the Comorian island of Grande Comore|Dembéni}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Dembeni |commune status = Commune |image = Le centre universitaire (Dembéni, Mayotte) (34035754784).jpg |caption = University of Mayotte in Dembeni |map = Locator map of Dembeni 2018.png |map caption = Location of the commune (in red) within Mayotte |canton = Dembeni |INSEE = 97607 |postal code = 97660 |coordinates = {{coord|-12.8339|45.1725|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |mayor = Moudjibou Saïdi<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = CA Dembeni-Mamoudzou |area km2 = 38.38 |population = 15848 |population date = 2017 |population footnotes = <ref name=2017census>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3291775?sommaire=2120838 Populations légales de Mayotte en 2017], INSEE</ref> }} '''Dembeni''' ({{IPA|fr|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 {{cvt|25.9|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1525.5|mm}} with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in March, at around {{cvt|27.7|C}}, and lowest in August, at around {{convert|23.6|C}}. The highest temperature ever recorded in Dembeni was {{cvt|35.7|C}} on 17 November 2011; the coldest temperature ever recorded was {{cvt|13.1|C}} on 4 December 2002. {{Weather box |location= Dembeni (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1994−present) |metric first= Y |single line= Y |collapsed= Y |Jan record high C = 35.0 |Feb record high C = 34.8 |Mar record high C = 35.5 |Apr record high C = 35.1 |May record high C = 34.1 |Jun record high C = 32.5 |Jul record high C = 32.0 |Aug record high C = 32.3 |Sep record high C = 33.5 |Oct record high C = 35.1 |Nov record high C = 35.7 |Dec record high C = 35.0 |year record high C = 35.7 |Jan high C = 31.6 |Feb high C = 31.7 |Mar high C = 32.1 |Apr high C = 32.0 |May high C = 31.1 |Jun high C = 29.7 |Jul high C = 29.0 |Aug high C = 29.2 |Sep high C = 29.7 |Oct high C = 30.6 |Nov high C = 31.2 |Dec high C = 31.8 |year high C = 30.8 |Jan mean C = 27.6 |Feb mean C = 27.6 |Mar mean C = 27.7 |Apr mean C = 27.3 |May mean C = 26.0 |Jun mean C = 24.5 |Jul mean C = 23.6 |Aug mean C = 23.6 |Sep mean C = 24.3 |Oct mean C = 25.4 |Nov mean C = 26.5 |Dec mean C = 27.1 |year mean C = 25.9 |Jan low C = 23.5 |Feb low C = 23.6 |Mar low C = 23.3 |Apr low C = 22.6 |May low C = 20.9 |Jun low C = 19.3 |Jul low C = 18.3 |Aug low C = 18.1 |Sep low C = 18.8 |Oct low C = 20.2 |Nov low C = 21.8 |Dec low C = 22.4 |year low C = 21.1 |Jan record low C = 18.1 |Feb record low C = 19.5 |Mar record low C = 18.5 |Apr record low C = 18.0 |May record low C = 15.0 |Jun record low C = 15.6 |Jul record low C = 13.5 |Aug record low C = 13.8 |Sep record low C = 14.5 |Oct record low C = 13.5 |Nov record low C = 16.5 |Dec record low C = 13.1 |year record low C = 13.1 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 346.4 |Feb precipitation mm = 267.9 |Mar precipitation mm = 260.2 |Apr precipitation mm = 118.5 |May precipitation mm = 37.3 |Jun precipitation mm = 24.4 |Jul precipitation mm = 16.3 |Aug precipitation mm = 18.2 |Sep precipitation mm = 26.4 |Oct precipitation mm = 63.0 |Nov precipitation mm = 112.5 |Dec precipitation mm = 234.4 |year precipitation mm = 1525.5 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 17.5 |Feb precipitation days = 16.2 |Mar precipitation days = 16.3 |Apr precipitation days = 8.7 |May precipitation days = 4.2 |Jun precipitation days = 3.9 |Jul precipitation days = 2.9 |Aug precipitation days = 2.9 |Sep precipitation days = 3.3 |Oct precipitation days = 5.7 |Nov precipitation days = 8.3 |Dec precipitation days = 14.4 |year precipitation days = 104.2 |Jan sun = 166.7 |Feb sun = 146.8 |Mar sun = 181.0 |Apr sun = 213.6 |May sun = 240.2 |Jun sun = 239.2 |Jul sun = 241.2 |Aug sun = 247.6 |Sep sun = 219.8 |Oct sun = 211.8 |Nov sun = 206.2 |Dec sun = 193.6 |year sun = 2507.6 |source 1 = Meteociel (sun 1981-2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=98507002|title=Normales et records pour Dembeni (985)|publisher=Meteociel|access-date=21 August 2022}}</ref>}}

==Demographics== '''Demographic evolution of Dembeni'''

{{Historical populations | align = none | cols = 1 | percentages = pagr | source = SPLAF (1966-2007)<ref>[http://splaf.free.fr/976des.html Description de Mayotte], SPLAF</ref> and INSEE (2012-2017)<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2120826 Populations légales des communes de Mayotte en 2012], INSEE</ref><ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3291775 Populations légales des communes de Mayotte en 2017], INSEE</ref> |1966 |1269 |1978 |1518 |1985 |2382 |1991 |3675 |1997 |5554 |2002 |7825 |2007 |10141 |2012 |10923 |2017 |15848 }}

==Villages== *Ongoujou *Tsararano *Illoni *Hajangua ==See also== *Dembeni (archeological site)

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:Populated places in Mayotte Category:Communes of Mayotte