Petit-Bourg (French pronunciation: [pəti buʁ]; Guadeloupean Creole: Tibou, Ti Bou) is the seventh-largest commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe. It is located on the east side of the island of Basse-Terre, and is part of the metropolitan area of Pointe-à-Pitre, the largest metropolitan area in Guadeloupe.
It has many tourist attractions: the Cascade aux Ecrevisse (waterfall), the National Park of Guadeloupe, the Saut de la Lézarde (waterfall), as well as the Kassaverie (cassava/manioc factory) located downtown.
Geography
Climate
Petit-Bourg has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Petit-Bourg is 25.3 °C (77.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,732.3 mm (107.57 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C (80.1 °F), and lowest in February, at around 23.5 °C (74.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Petit-Bourg was 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) on 23 September 2005; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 14.2 °C (57.6 °F) on 13 April 2001.
Population
Education
Public preschools include:
- Ecole maternelle Carrère
- Ecole maternelle Albertine Mignard
- Ecole maternelle Pointe à Bacchus
Public primary include:
- Ecole primaire Maurice Chovino
- Ecole primaire Fribert Fessin
- Ecole primaire Robert Freti
- Ecole primaire Marie Bilioti de Gage
- Ecole primaire Hyacinththe Geriac
- Ecole primaire M-thérèse Lamothe
- Ecole primaire La Lézarde
- Ecole maternelle Mayeko Massina
- Ecole primaire Montébello
Public junior high schools include:
- Collège Félix Eboue
Public senior high schools include:
- LGT Droits de l'Homme
See also
- Communes of the Guadeloupe department
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