I particular did not understand this line "const int num_months=12; ". I think the int refers to num_months is an integer, but what the const refers?

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I have a question about my c++ homework. I did not understand one line code, which is "  const int num_months=12; 
    string name[num_months]={"january", "march", "may"};  int days [num_months]={31, 28, 20};".

I particular did not understand this line "const int num_months=12; ". I think the int refers to num_months is an integer, but what the const refers? Please explain, thank you. 

#include<iostream>
#include<iomanip>
#include<string>
using namespace std; 
int main()
{
    const int num_months=12; 
    string name[num_months]={"january", "march", "may"}; 
    int days [num_months]={31, 28, 20};
    for (int month=0; month<num_months; month++)
    {
        cout<<setw(9)<<left<<name[month]<<"has"; 
        cout<<days[month]<<"days. /n"; 
    }

    return 0; 
}

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