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Awakou

Monovillage

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Coordinates6.60°, 1.68°

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City facts

Overview

Set in Mono, Benin, Awakou is recorded in open geodata as a village. Its coordinates of 6.601°, 1.679° place it in the equatorial zone of the northern hemisphere. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. Based on its equatorial position, residents likely encounter hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. The location receives about 1,771 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 69% of daylight hours. 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

Latitude
6.6011
Longitude
1.6791
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)
136
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Long-tailed Cormorant
    Microcarbo africanus (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
    8
  • Butterfly pea, Blue pea, Blue pea vine, Asian pigeonwings, Pigeon wings, Cordofan pea, Darwin pea, Bluebellvine,
    Clitoria ternatea L. · Magnoliopsida
    3
  • Barbados Nut
    Jatropha curcas L. · Magnoliopsida
    3
  • Senegal Coucal
    Centropus senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    3
  • White-throated Bee-eater
    Merops albicollis Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
    2
  • Osprey
    Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    2
  • Common Bulbul
    Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
    2
  • Black-and-white Mannikin
    Lonchura bicolor (Fraser, 1843) · Aves
    2

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)
4.85
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,771

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Books about Awakou

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