Boghé

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| native_name = بوغي

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| subdivision_name1 = Brakna

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Boghé (also Bogué) is a town and commune in the Brakna Region of southern Mauritania, located on the border with Senegal.{{cite web|url=http://www.mauritania.mr/commune/fr/fiche_commune_fr.asp?ID=112|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040504145535/http://www.mauritania.mr/commune/fr/fiche_commune_fr.asp?ID=112|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 4, 2004|title=Collectivités urbaines à vocation agricole, pastorale ou agropastorale|publisher=République Islamique de Mauritanie:Communes de Mauritanie|access-date=January 14, 2009}}

In 2013, it had a census population of 40,341.

The city has a high school but no university. Efforts are under way to build a hospital to serve the city and its region.{{cn|date=March 2022}}

Climate

In Boghé, the climate is characterized as warm and temperate with minimal rainfall. According to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification, it falls under the BSh category. The average yearly temperature in Boghé is 29.0 °C (84.2 °F), and the area receives approximately 244 mm (9.61 in) of precipitation annually.

{{Weather box|location = Boghe

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|Jan high C = 31.4

|Feb high C = 33.6

|Mar high C = 36.3

|Apr high C = 39.0

|May high C = 40.7

|Jun high C = 40.8

|Jul high C = 38.2

|Aug high C = 36.5

|Sep high C = 37.3

|Oct high C = 38.3

|Nov high C = 36.0

|Dec high C = 31.3

|Jan low C = 14.5

|Feb low C = 16.2

|Mar low C = 19.6

|Apr low C = 21.6

|May low C = 24.1

|Jun low C = 25.4

|Jul low C = 25.7

|Aug low C = 25.9

|Sep low C = 25.7

|Oct low C = 23.3

|Nov low C = 19.6

|Dec low C = 16.0

|Jan precipitation mm = 1

|Feb precipitation mm = 1

|Mar precipitation mm = 0

|Apr precipitation mm = 0

|May precipitation mm = 0

|Jun precipitation mm = 11

|Jul precipitation mm = 56

|Aug precipitation mm = 91

|Sep precipitation mm = 68

|Oct precipitation mm = 16

|Nov precipitation mm = 0

|Dec precipitation mm = 0

|year precipitation mm= 244

|source = Climate-Data.org, Climate data

|date=19 January 2018}}

References

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{{Communes of Mauritania}}

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Category:Communes of Brakna region

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