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Gouandé

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Coordinates10.79°, 0.92°

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City facts

Overview

Gouandé is a town and arrondissement in the Atakora Department of northwestern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Matéri. 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 13,071.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
10.7863
Longitude
0.9205
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)
85
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • kob
    Kobus kob (Erxleben, 1777) · Mammalia
    18
  • Straw-coloured fruit bat
    Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) · Mammalia
    10
  • African buffalo
    Syncerus caffer (Sparrman, 1779) · Mammalia
    4
  • Oleander Hawk-moth
    Daphnis nerii Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
    2
  • Grasshopper Buzzard
    Butastur rufipennis (Sundevall, 1850) · Aves
    2
  • bambouk-buttertree
    Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. · Magnoliopsida
    2
  • Mudar
    Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton · Magnoliopsida
    2
  • wildcat
    Felis silvestris Schreber, 1777 · Mammalia
    2

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

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Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.51
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,010

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
11
Avg daily Wikipedia views
0
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