San
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Commune and town
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  San Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 13°18′N 4°54′W / 13.300°N 4.900°W / 13.300; -4.900 | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Ségou Region |
| Cercle | San Cercle |
| Area | |
| • Total | 155 km2 (60 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 279 m (915 ft) |
| Population
(2009 census)[2]
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| • Total | 68,078 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
San (Bambara: ߛߊߣ tr. San) is an urban commune, town and capital of the Cercle of San in the Ségou RegionofMali. The town lies 10 kilometres or 6 miles south of the Bani River. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 68,078.
San is the center for production of bògòlanfini, a traditional Malian fabric. Former President of Mali Bah Ndaw was born here on 23 August 1950.
San has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh) with a wet season from late May to early October. Almost no rain falls during the long dry season from early October to late May, while afternoon temperatures are sweltering except in December and January, when they are merely hot in the afternoon and pleasant to warm in the mornings.
| Climate data for San (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.5 (88.7) |
34.9 (94.8) |
38.4 (101.1) |
41.4 (106.5) |
42.2 (108.0) |
40.6 (105.1) |
35.9 (96.6) |
33.4 (92.1) |
35.6 (96.1) |
38.6 (101.5) |
36.5 (97.7) |
32.7 (90.9) |
36.8 (98.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
29.9 (85.8) |
33.3 (91.9) |
35.1 (95.2) |
34.3 (93.7) |
30.7 (87.3) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.9 (87.6) |
27.8 (82.0) |
24.3 (75.7) |
29.5 (85.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.0 (59.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
25.2 (77.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.9 (82.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
23.8 (74.8) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
19.1 (66.4) |
15.8 (60.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0.2 (0.01) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0.4 (0.02) |
1.3 (0.05) |
12.2 (0.48) |
35.3 (1.39) |
116.3 (4.58) |
162.2 (6.39) |
74.8 (2.94) |
14.3 (0.56) |
0.2 (0.01) |
0.2 (0.01) |
417.5 (16.44) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 10.4 | 12.5 | 7.9 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 43.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 276.3 | 256.3 | 288.0 | 265.0 | 264.3 | 241.5 | 234.7 | 219.7 | 247.5 | 287.6 | 284.7 | 278.3 | 3,143.9 |
| Source 1: NOAA[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Meteo Climat (sun, 1991-2020)[4] | |||||||||||||
San is twinned with:
Chaumont, Haute-Marne, France, since 1995
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