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Hêvié

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Hêvié

Total population

67,218

Coordinates6.41°, 2.26°

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City facts

Overview

Hévié is a town and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Abomey-Calavi. 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 13,450.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
6.4139
Longitude
2.2571
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)
4,954
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Mudar
    Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton · Magnoliopsida
    401
  • Christmas Butterfly
    Papilio demodocus Esper, 1798 · Insecta
    106
  • Laughing Dove
    Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    98
  • Pied Kingfisher
    Ceryle rudis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    78
  • Long-tailed Cormorant
    Microcarbo africanus (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
    77
  • Common Bulbul
    Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
    71
  • Black Kite
    Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
    65
  • Mimic
    Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus, 1764 · Insecta
    61

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).

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Notable people from here

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

Nearby places in Atlantique

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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

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
31
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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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