# Petit-Bourg

Petit-Bourg (French pronunciation:; 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.
Climate data for Petit-Bourg (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1970−present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.5 (86.9) | 32.5 (90.5) | 33.6 (92.5) | 32.3 (90.1) | 33.6 (92.5) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.9 (91.2) | 33.7 (92.7) | 33.9 (93.0) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.9 (91.2) | 33.1 (91.6) | 33.9 (93.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.6 (81.7) | 28.1 (82.6) | 28.8 (83.8) | 29.4 (84.9) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.9 (85.8) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.2 (86.4) | 29.4 (84.9) | 28.4 (83.1) | 29.2 (84.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.9 (75.0) | 24.8 (76.6) | 25.7 (78.3) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.2 (79.2) | 25.4 (77.7) | 24.4 (75.9) | 25.3 (77.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.8 (67.6) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.7 (67.5) | 20.8 (69.4) | 22.0 (71.6) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.2 (72.0) | 21.4 (70.5) | 20.4 (68.7) | 21.5 (70.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 15.9 (60.6) | 14.2 (57.6) | 16.3 (61.3) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.3 (66.7) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.0 (66.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 15.8 (60.4) | 14.2 (57.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 150.2 (5.91) | 112.8 (4.44) | 129.0 (5.08) | 186.3 (7.33) | 287.9 (11.33) | 219.2 (8.63) | 226.9 (8.93) | 243.1 (9.57) | 316.2 (12.45) | 332.2 (13.08) | 318.4 (12.54) | 210.1 (8.27) | 2,732.3 (107.57) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 18.1 | 14.9 | 15.4 | 16.0 | 18.2 | 17.9 | 19.1 | 19.5 | 18.6 | 21.1 | 20.2 | 18.7 | 217.8 |
| Source: Meteociel ||||||||||||||

## 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