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Kouandé

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Total population

110,000

Air quality index

44Good
Coordinates10.33°, 1.69°

Demographic figures from INSAE Benin. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

As a sizeable town in Atakora, Benin, Kouandé occupies its own corner of the country. Public datasets list a population of roughly 110,000. Located at 10.332°, 1.692°, Kouandé occupies a tropical portion of the northern hemisphere. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. The location receives about 1,988 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 78% of daylight hours. 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

Latitude
10.3322
Longitude
1.6920
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
44
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
8
PM10 (µg/m³)
9.7
Ozone (µg/m³)
28
NO₂ (µg/m³)
7.1

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
81
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Straw-coloured fruit bat
    Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) · Mammalia
    4
  • Flame Lily
    Gloriosa superba L. · Liliopsida
    4
  • bambouk-buttertree
    Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. · Magnoliopsida
    4
  • Mango
    Mangifera indica L. · Magnoliopsida
    4
  • Echinops longifolius A.Rich.
    Echinops longifolius A.Rich. · Magnoliopsida
    3
  • Grand Trembletop
    Kohautia grandiflora DC. · Magnoliopsida
    2
  • Euphorbia unispina N.E.Br.
    Euphorbia unispina N.E.Br. · Magnoliopsida
    2
  • gomphrena-weed
    Gomphrena celosioides Mart. · Magnoliopsida
    2

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
0
Largest magnitude
Largest event

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

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

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

Events

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • iNaturalist
  • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org