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Kotopounga
Atakoravillage
Demographic figures from INSAE Benin. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Kotopounga sits in Atakora, Benin and is identified as a village. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. The settlement sits at 10.309°, 1.532°, a tropical location in the northern hemisphere. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,988 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 78% of daylight hours. The latitude suggests warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Long-term weather observations show average highs near 88.5°F and lows near 71.4°F with about 43.8 in of annual precipitation (a moderate total). 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
10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Straw-coloured fruit batEidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) · Mammalia285
- MudarCalotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton · Magnoliopsida227
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves68
- Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina (Shaw, 1809) · Aves67
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves56
- Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves50
- Bronze mannikinLonchura cucullata (Swainson, 1837) · Aves50
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis (Bechstein, 1794) · Aves47
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 Atakora
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
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org