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词条 Batouri
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  1. People

  2. Geography

      Climate  

  3. Institutions

  4. References

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Batouri is a town and commune in the East Province of Cameroon.[1] It is the second largest municipality in the province after the provincial capital Bertoua. It is located on the main (though unpaved) road connecting Bertoua to the Central African Republic and to the Cameroonian town of Yokadouma. It had an estimated 33,500 inhabitants as of 2012.

People

Batouri lies in an ethnically Kako area and a large percentage of the population speaks the Kako language. However several other ethnic groups, such as the Baya, Yangélé, and the Mézimé are also native to the area. In addition there are many recent immigrants to the Batouri area. Many come from other parts of southern Cameroon and speak other Bantu languages. There is also a large Muslim population in town living mainly in the Mokolo quarter. Most people speak French though Fulfulde serves as a lingua franca for much of the Muslim community and is spoken widely throughout the town. There are also a number of other language groups, notably Hausa and a small number of Arabic speakers. There are a number of Cameroonian English and Cameroonian Pidgin speakers as well. All of the languages spoken, except for the colonial languages, Pidgin, Hausa, and Arabic are part of the Niger–Congo family.

Geography

Batouri lies on the South Cameroon Plateau at an elevation of about 653 m (2142 ft). It has a Guinea type climate which is hot and humid for most of the year with a dry season from mid-November to early March, then another small one in July. The wettest times of the year are April and May and then August through October. October is the wettest month with an average of 240.6 mm (9.5 in) of rain and January is the driest with an average of 17.3 mm (0.68 in). The average annual precipitation is 1479.4 mm (58.2 in).

Temperature extremes are greatest during the dry season with the highest average high temperatures of 32.1 °C (89.8 °F) in February and the lowest average lows of 17.1 °C (62.8 °F) in January. Meanwhile the wet season produces more tempered average daily temperature fluctuations with both July and August having average highs 27.4 °C (81.3 °F), and average lows of 27.4 °C (66.0 °F).

Like Bertoua, Batouri lies in an area of transition of vegetation and climatic zones. In a simplified description the Guinea savanna vegetation lies north of the town while the lowland rainforest vegetation lies south of the town. However, much of the forest around Batouri is severely degraded. Wooded areas follow rivers northward and can extend many miles into the surrounding Guinea vegetation.

The topography consists mostly of gently rolling hills. There is a large granite outcrop called Mt. Pandi about 25 km (15.5 mi) north of town, just west of the P5 road to Ngoura.

The Kadéï River flows just west of town (3.5 km or 2 mi). The area all drains into the Kadéï and is part of the large Congo River basin.

Climate

Batouri has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw).

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| Jan high C = 30.9
| Feb high C = 32.1
| Mar high C = 31.6
| Apr high C = 31.1
| May high C = 30.2
| Jun high C = 28.6
| Jul high C = 27.4
| Aug high C = 27.4
| Sep high C = 28.3
| Oct high C = 28.9
| Nov high C = 29.5
| Dec high C = 29.3
| year high C = 29.6
| Jan mean C = 23.7
| Feb mean C = 25.4
| Mar mean C = 25.8
| Apr mean C = 25.5
| May mean C = 24.9
| Jun mean C = 23.8
| Jul mean C = 23.1
| Aug mean C = 23.2
| Sep mean C = 23.6
| Oct mean C = 23.9
| Nov mean C = 23.9
| Dec mean C = 23.1
| year mean C = 24.2
| Jan low C = 17.1
| Feb low C = 18.6
| Mar low C = 19.7
| Apr low C = 20.0
| May low C = 19.6
| Jun low C = 19.1
| Jul low C = 18.9
| Aug low C = 18.9
| Sep low C = 18.9
| Oct low C = 18.8
| Nov low C = 18.4
| Dec low C = 17.0
| year low C = 18.7
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| Jan precipitation mm = 17.3
| Feb precipitation mm = 32.5
| Mar precipitation mm = 101.2
| Apr precipitation mm = 121.5
| May precipitation mm = 172.8
| Jun precipitation mm = 153.9
| Jul precipitation mm = 135.0
| Aug precipitation mm = 165.3
| Sep precipitation mm = 221.5
| Oct precipitation mm = 240.6
| Nov precipitation mm = 91.9
| Dec precipitation mm = 25.9
| year precipitation mm = 1479.4
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 2
| Feb precipitation days = 4
| Mar precipitation days = 9
| Apr precipitation days = 12
| May precipitation days = 15
| Jun precipitation days = 14
| Jul precipitation days = 12
| Aug precipitation days = 15
| Sep precipitation days = 19
| Oct precipitation days = 22
| Nov precipitation days = 10
| Dec precipitation days = 3
| year precipitation days = 137
| Jan sun = 172.0
| Feb sun = 171.0
| Mar sun = 173.7
| Apr sun = 187.3
| May sun = 202.2
| Jun sun = 154.3
| Jul sun = 118.0
| Aug sun = 99.8
| Sep sun = 125.3
| Oct sun = 151.7
| Nov sun = 186.0
| Dec sun = 175.7
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Institutions

Batouri is home to a post office, three health centers (a government hospital, an Adventist hospital, and a Catholic health centre (Centre de Santé Catholique). It is the seat of the prefecture for the Kadey Department and it is the seat a Catholic Dioceses and three parishes (St. Martin, St. John and Notre Dame).

Hospitals in Batouri have provided care to refugees fleeing violence in the Central African Republic, as it is one of the nearest medical facilities for the refugee camps on the Cameroon-CAR border.[3] An assessment released 4 July 2014 indicated that "in Cameroon, up to 1 out of 3 refugee children from Central African Republic suffer from malnutrition ... The risk of severe acute malnutrition, which can be deadly if left untreated, is particularly high. In the inpatient center of Batouri close to the border, the mortality rate in May exceeded 24 per cent."[4]

References

1. ^{{cite book| last = Mah| first = E.P.| title = La profession d'huissier de justice au Cameroun francophone| publisher = Editions L'Harmattan| series = Harmattan Cameroun| year = 2014| isbn = 978-2-336-33787-6| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=d1H2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA38| language = fr| access-date = 26 July 2018| page = 38}}
2. ^{{cite web| url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG__I/KM/64931.TXT| title = Batouri Climate Normals 1961–1990| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration| accessdate = 8 March 2015}}
3. ^{{Cite web| title = Cameroon: Location of Refugees and Main Entry Points (as of 02 May 2014) – Cameroon| work = ReliefWeb| accessdate = 8 June 2014| url = http://reliefweb.int/map/cameroon/cameroon-location-refugees-and-main-entry-points-02-may-2014}}
4. ^{{Cite web| title = Cameroon: Alarming levels of malnutrition among refugee children and women from C.A.R.| work = United Nations World Food Programme – Fighting Hunger Worldwide| accessdate = 4 July 2014| date = 4 July 2014| url = https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/cameroon-alarming-levels-malnutrition-among-refugee-children-and-women-central-afr}}

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