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Pounkouyan
Centre-Sudvillage
Total population
2,850
Demographic figures from INSD Burkina Faso. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Pounkouyan is a village that lies in Centre-Sud, Burkina Faso. Around 2,850 people are recorded as living there in the most recent open data. Pounkouyan maps to 11.205°, -1.073° — squarely within the tropical belt. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 2,095 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 82% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. The remainder of this page draws on open public data to describe the area's demographics, climate, environment and nearby amenities.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Centre-Sud
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Pounkouyan, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.
Sources
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org