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Gbèssa
Aliborivillage
Demographic figures from INSAE Benin. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Gbèssa, a village in Alibori, Benin, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Its coordinates of 10.800°, 2.978° place it in the tropical zone 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 2,007 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 79% of daylight hours. The latitude suggests warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. 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
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- African House SnakeBoaedon fuliginosus (Boie, 1827) · Squamata1
- Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves1
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri (Scopoli, 1769) · Aves1
- PiapiacPtilostomus afer (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves1
- Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves1
- Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves1
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis (Bechstein, 1794) · Aves1
- Costus spectabilis (Fenzl) K.Schum.Costus spectabilis (Fenzl) K.Schum. · Liliopsida1
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Alibori
Geography & sun
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
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org

