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Banikoara

Aliboricity

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Total population

250,000

Air quality index

42Good
Coordinates11.30°, 2.44°

Demographic figures from INSAE Benin. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

Found in Alibori, Benin, Banikoara is classified as a mid-sized city in public datasets. The population stands at approximately 250,000. Banikoara maps to 11.300°, 2.437° — squarely within the tropical belt. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Open solar datasets indicate about 2,076 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 81% of daylight hours. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
11.3004
Longitude
2.4371
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
42
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
6.4
PM10 (µg/m³)
14.2
Ozone (µg/m³)
38
NO₂ (µg/m³)
6.6

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

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
40
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Straw-coloured fruit bat
    Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) · Mammalia
    8
  • Hooded Vulture
    Necrosyrtes monachus (Temminck, 1823) · Aves
    3
  • Nile perch
    Lates niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Animalia
    2
  • Yellow-billed Shrike
    Corvinella corvina (Shaw, 1809) · Aves
    2
  • desert-date
    Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile · Magnoliopsida
    2
  • Marginated Congo Chafer
    Pachnoda marginata (Drury, 1773) · Insecta
    1
  • western honey bee
    Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
    1
  • Characin
    Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier, 1819) · Animalia
    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

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

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

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