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Saponé
Centre-Sudtown
Total population
2,556
Demographic figures from INSD Burkina Faso. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Saponé, a town in Centre-Sud, Burkina Faso, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Public datasets list a population of roughly 2,556. Its coordinates of 12.054°, -1.602° place it in the tropical zone of the northern hemisphere. Open solar datasets indicate about 2,136 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 84% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Open-data panels below dive into population trends, climate normals, environmental indicators and nearby places.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- waterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus (Ogilby, 1833) · Mammalia3
- Hispid StarburAcanthospermum hispidum DC. · Magnoliopsida2
- Red-flanked DuikerCephalophus rufilatus Gray, 1846 · Mammalia1
- common duikerSylvicapra grimmia (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia1
- common warthogPhacochoerus africanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Mammalia1
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus (Temminck, 1823) · Aves1
- bambouk-buttertreeVitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. · Magnoliopsida1
- GbehutuCochlospermum planchonii Hook.fil. ex Planch. · Magnoliopsida1
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
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
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
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
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API