Tamale

Sister cities

• Louisville
• Niamey
• Fada N’Gourma

History

The area of Tamale used to consist of small villages, which were under the kingdom of Dagbon. it was a popular destination of cattle trails in the region.

Geography

Tamale is located in Tamale Metropolitan District, which has an area of about . The district bordered the Sagnarigu District to the west and north, Mion District towards the east, East Gonja District to the south and the Central Gonja District towards the southwest. |units=Celsius }} Tamale has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). The metropolis usually only experiences one rainy season a year, effecting staple crop farming. During the rainy season, it comes with tiny sunshine with heavy thunderstorms. The relative humidity in the city is usually the lowest between December and March at 30% while around August it is the highest at 70%.

Most-observed species

• yellow fever mosquito

  Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) · Insecta
  633
• Anopheles arabiensis Patton, 1905

  Anopheles arabiensis Patton, 1905 · Insecta
  101
• Speckled Pigeon

  Columba guinea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  69
• Laughing Dove

  Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  49
• Anopheles coluzzii Coetzee & Wilkerson, 2013

  Anopheles coluzzii Coetzee & Wilkerson, 2013 · Insecta
  45
• Small Black Sugar Ant

  Lepisiota capensis (Mayr, 1862) · Insecta
  30
• Common Bulbul

  Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
  28
• Yellow-billed Shrike

  Corvinella corvina (Shaw, 1809) · Aves
  27