Mahagi (territory)

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Mahagi is a territory and a locality of Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the northeastern part of the country, 1,900 km east of the capital Kinshasa.{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ycd.html|title=Administrative Zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo Kinshasa)|last=|first=|date=April 2008|website=statoids|publisher=|language=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|accessdate=5 June 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Mahagi,+Democratic+Republic+of+the+Congo/@2.2971127,30.9096021,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x176f990c46d71ae9:0xa189211bd3434b0d!8m2!3d2.3054728!4d30.9761599|title=Mahagi|last=|first=|date=|website=Google maps|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=5 June 2018}}

The surroundings around Mahagi are a mosaic of farmland and natural vegetation.{{cite web|title=NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification|date = 30 August 2021|url=http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=MCD12C1_T1}} Around Mahagi, it is quite densely populated, with 172 inhabitants per square kilometer.{{cite web|title=NASA Earth Observations: Population Density|date = 30 August 2021|url=http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=SEDAC_POP}} The region has a savanna climate.{{Cite journal|url=http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.html|doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007|title=Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification|year=2007|last1=Peel|first1=M. C.|last2=Finlayson|first2=B. L.|last3=McMahon|first3=T. A.|journal=Hydrology and Earth System Sciences|volume=11|issue=5|pages=1633–1644|doi-access=free}} Annual average temperature in the funnel is 21 °C. The warmest month is February, when the average temperature is 24 °C, and the coldest is August, with 18 °C.{{cite web|title=NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index|date=30 August 2021|url=http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php}} Average annual rainfall is 1,057 millimeters. The rainy month is September, with an average of 182 mm rainfall, and the driest is January, with 8 mm rainfall.{{cite web|title=NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)|date = 30 August 2021|url=http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=TRMM_3B43M&year=2014}}

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