Boghé
{{Infobox settlement
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| native_name = بوغي
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| settlement_type = Commune and town
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| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Brakna
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| population_total = 42759
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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
|metric first = Y
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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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