{{Short description|Town in the Thiès Region, Senegal}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See Template:Infobox Settlement for additional fields that may be available--> <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = M'Bour |other_name = مبور |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = City and commune<!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)--> |total_type = City and commune |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Streetsmbour.jpg |imagesize = 300px |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = <!-- SN-Bakel.png --> |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Senegal <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Senegal |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Thiès Region |subdivision_type2 = Department |subdivision_name2 = M'Bour <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = metric |area_footnotes = <ref name="pop"/> |area_total_km2 = 24.61 |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2023 census |population_footnotes = <ref name="pop">[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/senegal/mun/admin/m'bour/SN13015200__m'bour/ Citypopulation.de] Population and area of M'bour Commune</ref> |population_note = |population_total = 284189 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = GMT |utc_offset = +0 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|14|25|N|16|58|W|region:SN|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |website = |footnotes = }} thumb|Senegalese women Mbour Beach '''M'Bour''' or '''Mbour''' ({{langx|ar|مبور}}; Wolof: ''Mbuur''), is a city in the Thiès Region of Senegal. It lies on the Petite Côte, approximately {{Convert|80|km|mi}} south of Dakar. It is home to a population of 284,189 (2023 census).<ref name="pop"/>
The city's major industries are tourism, fishing and peanut processing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=M'Bour {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/mbour |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> M'Bour is a tourist destination. It is situated on the "Little Coast" and connected to Dakar via the N1 road.
It is noteworthy for the orphanage and nursery for children run by the international NGO Vivre Ensemble, and for the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Senegal.
140 migrants drowned on October 29, 2020 when a boat from M'Bour that was bound for the Canary Islands capsized near Saint-Louis, Senegal.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Braithwaite |first1=Sharon |last2=McSweeney |first2=Eoin |title=At least 140 people drown in the deadliest shipwreck of 2020 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/29/africa/ship-wreck-senegal-intl/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0hXzKE8IUP5aiL8pE_4MtDmZkyh5dagE9fmnf9Za_hRS_yRNlpDgA8ZdQ |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |work=CNN |date=October 29, 2020}}</ref>
== Climate == M'Bour's climate is characterized by hot weather year-round. M'Bour has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen: ''BSh''),<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria. |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02549-6/tables/1 |journal=Nature: Scientific Data |language=en}}</ref> with a long dry season from November to May. The vast majority of precipitation falls between July and September.
{{Weather box | width = auto | collapsed = yes | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = M'Bour (1991–2020) | Jan high C = 34.1 | Feb high C = 35.5 | Mar high C = 36.3 | Apr high C = 35.2 | May high C = 33.1 | Jun high C = 31.7 | Jul high C = 32.4 | Aug high C = 32.2 | Sep high C = 32.4 | Oct high C = 34.5 | Nov high C = 36.2 | Dec high C = 34.8 | year high C = 34.0
| Jan low C = 16.6 | Feb low C = 17.9 | Mar low C = 18.5 | Apr low C = 19.1 | May low C = 20.2 | Jun low C = 23.0 | Jul low C = 24.3 | Aug low C = 24.4 | Sep low C = 23.9 | Oct low C = 23.1 | Nov low C = 19.7 | Dec low C = 17.6 | year low C = 20.7
| Jan record low C = 8.5 | Feb record low C = 10.0 | Mar record low C = 10.5 | Apr record low C = 12.9 | May record low C = 13.7 | Jun record low C = 16.5 | Jul record low C = 17.2 | Aug record low C = 18.0 | Sep record low C = 18.5 | Oct record low C = 13.5 | Nov record low C = 12.0 | Dec record low C = 9.4 | year record low C = 8.5
| precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 2.2 | Feb precipitation mm = 0.4 | Mar precipitation mm = 0.2 | Apr precipitation mm = 0.0 | May precipitation mm = 0.5 | Jun precipitation mm = 12.3 | Jul precipitation mm = 103.1 | Aug precipitation mm = 231.0 | Sep precipitation mm = 176.6 | Oct precipitation mm = 33.6 | Nov precipitation mm = 0.6 | Dec precipitation mm = 0.0 | year precipitation mm = 560.5
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 0.2 | Feb precipitation days = 0.1 | Mar precipitation days = 0.1 | Apr precipitation days = 0.0 | May precipitation days = 0.1 | Jun precipitation days = 1.3 | Jul precipitation days = 6.8 | Aug precipitation days = 12.9 | Sep precipitation days = 11.0 | Oct precipitation days = 3.0 | Nov precipitation days = 0.1 | Dec precipitation days = 0.0 | year precipitation days = 35.6
| source = NOAA<ref name="WMONormals">{{cite web |url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Senegal/CSV/Mbour_380090.csv |title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — M'Bour |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = January 10, 2024}}</ref> }}
==Notable residents or natives==
* Youssou Diagne (1938–2022), politician * Viviane N'Dour (born 1973), singer *Maurice Ndour (born 1992), basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Ibrahima Niane (born 1999), footballer
==Gallery== <gallery> Image:Gettingfish.jpg|Port of M'Bour in Senegal Image:M'bour harbor.jpeg|Port of M'Bour, Senegal Image:Streetsmbour2.jpg|Streets near the port of M'Bour, Senegal </gallery>
== See also == * Mbour Sign Language
==References== {{Reflist}}
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