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|official_name          = Ranérou
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|subdivision_name1      = [[Matam Region|Matam]]
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|subdivision_name2      = [[Ranérou-Ferlo Department|Matam]]
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'''Ranérou''' is a small town with commune status in north-east [[Senegal]]. It is the chief settlement of  [[Ranérou-Ferlo Department]] in [[Matam Region]] and is connected to [[Dakar]] and [[Touba, Senegal|Touba]] to the west and [[Ouro Sogui]] and Mauritania to the east by the [[N3 road (Senegal)|N3 road]].
In 2013 its population was recorded at just over 3,000. <ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.geohive.com/cntry/senegal_ext.aspx|title=Senegal: administrative units, extended|publisher=Geohive|accessdate=23 November 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514234109/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/senegal_ext.aspx|archivedate=14 May 2016}} </ref>
== Climate ==
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| width       = auto
| collapsed   = yes
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| location    = Ranerou (1991–2020)
| Jan high C = 33.4
| Feb high C = 36.1
| Mar high C = 39.2
| Apr high C = 41.6
| May high C = 42.5
| Jun high C = 40.1
| Jul high C = 36.1
| Aug high C = 34.3
| Sep high C = 34.5
| Oct high C = 38.2
| Nov high C = 37.8
| Dec high C = 34.6
| year high C = 37.4
| Jan low C = 17.1
| Feb low C = 19.6
| Mar low C = 22.5
| Apr low C = 25.0
| May low C = 26.8
| Jun low C = 26.6
| Jul low C = 25.4
| Aug low C = 24.6
| Sep low C = 24.1
| Oct low C = 23.9
| Nov low C = 20.5
| Dec low C = 17.7
| year low C = 22.8
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 0.1
| Feb precipitation mm = 1.1
| Mar precipitation mm = 0.0
| Apr precipitation mm = 0.1
| May precipitation mm = 4.0
| Jun precipitation mm = 33.3
| Jul precipitation mm = 100.2
| Aug precipitation mm = 147.6
| Sep precipitation mm = 120.5
| Oct precipitation mm = 31.6
| Nov precipitation mm = -0.1
| Dec precipitation mm = 0.9
| year precipitation mm = 439.3
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 0.0
| Feb precipitation days = 0.2
| Mar precipitation days = 0.0
| Apr precipitation days = 0.0
| May precipitation days = 0.3
| Jun precipitation days = 2.7
| Jul precipitation days = 6.7
| Aug precipitation days = 9.8
| Sep precipitation days = 8.9
| Oct precipitation days = 2.2
| Nov precipitation days = 0.0
| Dec precipitation days = 0.2
| year precipitation days = 31.0
| source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="WMONormals">{{cite web
|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Senegal/CSV/Ranerou_380060.csv
|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Ranerou
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = January 10, 2024}}</ref>
}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Populated places in Matam Region]]
[[Category:Communes of Senegal]]
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