Petit-Bourg

Petit-Bourg (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.

Climate
Petit-Bourg has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Petit-Bourg is 25.3 C. The average annual rainfall is 2732.3 mm with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 C, and lowest in February, at around 23.5 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Petit-Bourg was 33.9 C on 23 September 2005; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 14.2 C on 13 April 2001.

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