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Birni

Atakoravillage

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Elevation413 m
Coordinates9.99°, 1.53°

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City facts

Elevation
413 m

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Birni is a town and arrondissement in the Atakora Department of northwestern Benin near the border of Togo. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Kouandé. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population of 12,559.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
9.9912
Longitude
1.5275
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
846
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Straw-coloured fruit bat
    Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) · Mammalia
    61
  • White-faced Whistling-Duck
    Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    56
  • Cattle Egret
    Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    39
  • Western Plantain-eater
    Crinifer piscator (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
    37
  • Yellow-billed Shrike
    Corvinella corvina (Shaw, 1809) · Aves
    23
  • White Egyptian Lotus
    Nymphaea lotus L. · Magnoliopsida
    22
  • bambouk-buttertree
    Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. · Magnoliopsida
    16
  • Wattled Lapwing
    Vanellus senegallus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    15

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
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Largest magnitude
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Largest event
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Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.23
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,910

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
27
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Gallery

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image