Kerewan
{{Short description|Town in the Gambia}}
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Kerewan is a town in the Gambia. Located beside the Miniminiyang Bolong, about 60 km from the capital Banjul. It is the seat of the Kerewan Local Government Area (formerly the North Bank Division), located on the north bank of the lower river Gambia.
The population of the Kerewan LGA was 225,516 at the 2013 population census, with about 3,500 people in Kerewan town.{{cite web | title=Distribution of Population by Gender and LGA | website=GBoS | date=2017-09-20 | url=https://www.gbosdata.org/topics/population-and-demography/distribution-of-population-by-gender-and-lga | access-date=2022-03-10 | archive-date=2022-03-21 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321045621/https://www.gbosdata.org/topics/population-and-demography/distribution-of-population-by-gender-and-lga | url-status=dead }}
People in the Kerewan LGA are mainly known for agriculture and the main crops are groundnut, rice, maize, and millet.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
Climate
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| location = Kerewan (1991–2020)
| Jan high C = 34.4
| Feb high C = 36.5
| Mar high C = 38.5
| Apr high C = 39.1
| May high C = 38.1
| Jun high C = 35.9
| Jul high C = 33.0
| Aug high C =
| Sep high C = 32.2
| Oct high C = 33.9
| Nov high C = 35.4
| Dec high C = 34.7
| year high C =
| Jan mean C = 25.0
| Feb mean C = 26.3
| Mar mean C = 28.2
| Apr mean C = 29.0
| May mean C = 29.2
| Jun mean C = 29.1
| Jul mean C = 27.9
| Aug mean C =
| Sep mean C = 27.4
| Oct mean C = 28.3
| Nov mean C = 27.5
| Dec mean C = 25.9
| year mean C =
| Jan low C = 15.6
| Feb low C = 16.5
| Mar low C = 18.1
| Apr low C = 19.0
| May low C = 20.3
| Jun low C = 22.5
| Jul low C = 22.6
| Aug low C = 22.8
| Sep low C = 22.6
| Oct low C = 22.7
| Nov low C = 19.5
| Dec low C = 16.9
| year low C = 19.9
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 0.5
| Feb precipitation mm = 0.8
| Mar precipitation mm = 0.0
| Apr precipitation mm = 0.0
| May precipitation mm = 2.2
| Jun precipitation mm = 77.7
| Jul precipitation mm = 197.1
| Aug precipitation mm = 295.0
| Sep precipitation mm = 226.8
| Oct precipitation mm = 74.5
| Nov precipitation mm = 0.0
| Dec precipitation mm = 0.1
| year precipitation mm = 874.7
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 0.1
| Feb precipitation days = 0.2
| Mar precipitation days = 0.0
| Apr precipitation days = 0.0
| May precipitation days = 0.2
| Jun precipitation days = 3.9
| Jul precipitation days = 11.7
| Aug precipitation days = 16.0
| Sep precipitation days = 14.2
| Oct precipitation days = 4.7
| Nov precipitation days = 0.0
| Dec precipitation days = 0.0
| year precipitation days = 51.0
| source = NOAA{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/4.4/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Gambia/CSV/KEREWAN_61712.csv
|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Janjanbureh
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|access-date = January 4, 2024}}
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References
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{{Administrative divisions of the Gambia}}
Category:Populated places in the Gambia
Category:Local Government Areas of the Gambia
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