Podor
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|subdivision_name1 = Saint-Louis Region
|subdivision_name2 = Podor
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{{coord|16|37|N|15|02|W|region:SN_type:city|display=title}}Podor (Wolof: Podoor) is the northernmost town in Senegal, lying on Morfil Island between the Sénégal River and Doué River on the border with Mauritania. It was the location of the ancient state Takrur.{{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=dNSrPncx8NkC&pg=PA35|title=Senegal|last=Gritzner|first=Janet H.| year= 2005| publisher=Infobase Publishing| isbn=9781438105390|pages=35|language=en}} It is home to a ruined French colonial fort, built in 1854 as a centre for gold trading,{{cite book | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Qp0DDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT100|title=Imperial expectations and realities: El Dorados, utopias and dystopias| last= Varnava |first=Andrekos|date=2015-09-01|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9781784996475|pages=100|language=en}} and is the birthplace of fashion designer Oumou Sy, as well as musicians Baaba Maal and Mansour Seck.
At the 2013 census the population of the town was 11,608. According to the 2023 census, it had grown to 12,512. It is 99% Muslim.{{Cite news |url=http://www.senegal-online.com/tourisme_au_senegal/villes-et-villages-du-senegal/podor/|title=Podor - Sénégal : hôtels guide de voyage et du tourisme|work=Sénégal : hôtels guide de voyage et du tourisme|access-date=2017-05-31|language=fr-FR}}
Climate
Podor has a Sahel
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| location = Podor (1991–2020)
| Jan high C = 31.8
| Feb high C = 34.0
| Mar high C = 37.2
| Apr high C = 39.9
| May high C = 41.8
| Jun high C = 41.2
| Jul high C = 38.3
| Aug high C = 36.9
| Sep high C = 37.3
| Oct high C = 39.1
| Nov high C = 36.6
| Dec high C = 33.2
| year high C = 37.3
| Jan low C = 16.0
| Feb low C = 17.8
| Mar low C = 19.9
| Apr low C = 22.1
| May low C = 24.0
| Jun low C = 24.8
| Jul low C = 25.1
| Aug low C = 25.4
| Sep low C = 25.5
| Oct low C = 24.9
| Nov low C = 21.1
| Dec low C = 17.5
| year low C = 22.0
| Jan record low C = 8.8
| Feb record low C = 11
| Mar record low C = 13.5
| Apr record low C = 15
| May record low C = 17.8
| Jun record low C = 18.1
| Jul record low C = 21
| Aug record low C = 21
| Sep record low C = 21
| Oct record low C = 18
| Nov record low C = 13.9
| Dec record low C = 10.1
| year record low C = 8.8
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 4.0
| Feb precipitation mm = 0.5
| Mar precipitation mm = 0.9
| Apr precipitation mm = 0.2
| May precipitation mm = 1.3
| Jun precipitation mm = 7.6
| Jul precipitation mm = 52.5
| Aug precipitation mm = 85.5
| Sep precipitation mm = 80.1
| Oct precipitation mm = 9.2
| Nov precipitation mm = 0.7
| Dec precipitation mm = 0.2
| year precipitation mm = 242.7
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 0.1
| Feb precipitation days = 0.2
| Mar precipitation days = 0.1
| Apr precipitation days = 0.1
| May precipitation days = 0.2
| Jun precipitation days = 1.0
| Jul precipitation days = 3.3
| Aug precipitation days = 6.4
| Sep precipitation days = 5.9
| Oct precipitation days = 1.1
| Nov precipitation days = 0.2
| Dec precipitation days = 0.1
| year precipitation days = 18.7
| source = NOAA{{cite web
|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Senegal/CSV/Podor_61612.csv
|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Podor
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = January 10, 2024}}
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References
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