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Kouaba

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Elevation591 m
Coordinates10.25°, 1.23°

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City facts

Elevation
591 m

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kouaba is a town and arrondissement in the Atakora Department of northwestern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Natitingou. 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 6,044.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
10.2500
Longitude
1.2298
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)
5,612
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Straw-coloured fruit bat
    Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) · Mammalia
    1,077
  • Mudar
    Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton · Magnoliopsida
    238
  • Common Bulbul
    Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
    86
  • Yellow-billed Shrike
    Corvinella corvina (Shaw, 1809) · Aves
    78
  • Western Plantain-eater
    Crinifer piscator (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
    68
  • bambouk-buttertree
    Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. · Magnoliopsida
    68
  • Laughing Dove
    Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    56
  • Fork-tailed Drongo
    Dicrurus adsimilis (Bechstein, 1794) · Aves
    52

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

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in Atakora

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.45
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,988

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

Dragon's-head Lily
Dragon's-head Lily
Gladiolus dalenii
Seen 2026-07-16
Straw-coloured Fruit Bat
Straw-coloured Fruit Bat
Eidolon helvum
Seen 2026-06-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Events

Gallery

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image