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Gbakpoé

Ouémévillage

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Air quality index

58Moderate
Coordinates6.46°, 2.68°

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City facts

Overview

Gbakpoé, a village in Ouémé, Benin, forms part of the country's settled landscape. The settlement sits at 6.462°, 2.679°, a equatorial location in the northern hemisphere. Detailed population figures are not currently catalogued in the open data sources we track. The location receives about 1,697 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 66% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. 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
6.4617
Longitude
2.6791
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Moderate
58
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
13.1
PM10 (µg/m³)
17.9
Ozone (µg/m³)
34
NO₂ (µg/m³)
2.2

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

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
898
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • African Jacana
    Actophilornis africanus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
    31
  • intermediate egret
    Egretta intermedia (Wagler, 1829) · Aves
    27
  • Mudar
    Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton · Magnoliopsida
    27
  • Long-tailed Cormorant
    Microcarbo africanus (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
    27
  • Woodland Kingfisher
    Halcyon senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    26
  • White-throated Bee-eater
    Merops albicollis Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
    23
  • Purple Heron
    Ardea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
    23
  • Squacco Heron
    Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli, 1769) · Aves
    20

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

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.65
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,697

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