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Bafounou

Aliborivillage

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Air quality index

42Good
Coordinates11.43°, 2.53°

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City facts

Overview

Bafounou sits in Alibori, Benin and is identified as a village. Located at 11.426°, 2.531°, Bafounou occupies a tropical portion of the northern hemisphere. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 2,076 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 81% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. The sections below expand on demographics, weather, terrain, hazards and nearby points of interest using publicly available datasets.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
11.4258
Longitude
2.5307
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
42
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
6.6
PM10 (µg/m³)
12.5
Ozone (µg/m³)
34
NO₂ (µg/m³)
6.7

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
45
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Straw-coloured fruit bat
    Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) · Mammalia
    11
  • Hooded Vulture
    Necrosyrtes monachus (Temminck, 1823) · Aves
    5
  • patas monkey
    Erythrocebus patas (Schreber, 1774) · Mammalia
    3
  • Black Kite
    Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
    3
  • Nile perch
    Lates niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Animalia
    2
  • Yellow-billed Shrike
    Corvinella corvina (Shaw, 1809) · Aves
    2
  • Characin
    Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier, 1819) · Animalia
    1
  • Double-spurred Francolin
    Pternistis bicalcaratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    1

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
0
Largest magnitude
Largest event

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

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in Alibori

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.69
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,076

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

Events

Sources

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