Djambala is the main town of Djambala District and the Plateaux Region of the

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. It lies north of Brazzaville and lies near the

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Climate

Djambala has a

tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of ...

( Köppen ''Aw''), bordering on a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...

(''Am''). It features a short

dry season The dry season is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which moves from the northern to the southern tropics and back over the course of the year. The ...

from June to August due to the influence of the Benguela Current reaching furthest north, and a lengthy

wet season The wet season (sometimes called the Rainy season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs. It is the time of year where the majority of a country's or region's annual precipitation occurs. Generally, the se ...

for the remaining nine months of the year. Although temperatures are somewhat reduced by the city’s moderately high altitude, conditions are very warm and humid throughout the year even in the dry season.

Transport

In April 2007, a deal was signed with a Korean consortium to build a railway mainly for timber traffic from the main port to Djambala.AfricaNews
Djambala is also served by Djambala Airport.

References

Plateaux Department (Republic of the Congo) Populated places in the Republic of the Congo {{RCongo-geo-stub

Climate

Transport

See also

References