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Abomey-Calavi

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Coordinates6.44°, 2.35°

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City facts

Overview

Within Benin, Abomey-Calavi stands as a town. Abomey-Calavi maps to 6.444°, 2.353° — squarely within the equatorial belt. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,697 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 66% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
6.4439
Longitude
2.3527
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
5,246
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Mudar
    Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton · Magnoliopsida
    400
  • Christmas Butterfly
    Papilio demodocus Esper, 1798 · Insecta
    106
  • Laughing Dove
    Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    100
  • Pied Kingfisher
    Ceryle rudis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    91
  • Long-tailed Cormorant
    Microcarbo africanus (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
    84
  • Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron
    Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    79
  • African Jacana
    Actophilornis africanus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
    78
  • Black Kite
    Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
    67

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
1
Largest magnitude
4.4
Largest event
2009-09-11

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.65
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,697

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Books about Abomey-Calavi

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • Open Library