- Source: Salazie
Salazie (French pronunciation: [salazi]) is a volcanic caldera and commune (administrative division) of the Indian Ocean island of Réunion, which is an overseas department and region of France.
The first settlement of the area took place in 1829 after a cyclone had devastated the nearby coast, and the municipality of Salazie was formed in 1889. The name of the commune is potentially derived from the Malagasy word salazy, meaning 'good encampment'.
Geography
Salazie lies in the middle of island, north-east of Piton des Neiges (the highest point on the island), in the Cirque de Salazie (actually a volcanic caldera). The commune is totally landlocked, and borders the communes of Bras-Panon, Cilaos, La Possession, Saint-André, Saint-Benoît, Saint-Denis, Sainte-Marie and Sainte-Suzanne.
= Climate
=Salazie has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Salazie is 16.4 °C (61.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 3,332.5 mm (131.20 in) with February as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in January, at around 19.7 °C (67.5 °F), and lowest in July, at around 13.0 °C (55.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Salazie was 30.2 °C (86.4 °F) on 16 January 2000; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 2.6 °C (36.7 °F) on 19 July 1991.
Population
Personalities
Anchaing and Héva: reality or legend of a couple of runaway slaves
Gallery
See also
Hell-Bourg, a village, part of the commune of Salazie
Trou de Fer
Communes of the Réunion department
Bridal Veil Falls
References
External links
CIREST site
Official site of the commune
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Hell-Bourg
- Komune di departemen Réunion
- Réunion
- Piton des Neiges
- Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
- Daftar kota tertinggi menurut negara
- Salazie
- Bridal Veil Falls
- Réunion
- Hell-Bourg
- Bridal Veil Falls (Salazie)
- Piton des Neiges
- Caldera
- Cascade Blanche
- Sainte-Suzanne, Réunion
- Cyclone Freddy
