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Awakou
Monovillage
Demographic figures from INSAE Benin. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves8
- Butterfly pea, Blue pea, Blue pea vine, Asian pigeonwings, Pigeon wings, Cordofan pea, Darwin pea, Bluebellvine,Clitoria ternatea L. · Magnoliopsida3
- Barbados NutJatropha curcas L. · Magnoliopsida3
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves3
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis Vieillot, 1817 · Aves2
- OspreyPandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves2
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves2
- Black-and-white MannikinLonchura bicolor (Fraser, 1843) · Aves2
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.4 — 2009-09-1113 km NNE of Abomey-Calavi, Benin
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
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
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Open Library
