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Kpétou-Gahouê

Monovillage

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Coordinates6.43°, 1.92°

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City facts

Overview

Situated in Mono, Benin, Kpétou-Gahouê is a village. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Its coordinates of 6.428°, 1.919° place it in the equatorial zone of the northern hemisphere. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,771 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 69% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
6.4281
Longitude
1.9187
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
1,383
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Long-tailed Cormorant
    Microcarbo africanus (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
    72
  • Black Kite
    Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
    54
  • Pied Kingfisher
    Ceryle rudis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    52
  • Common Sandpiper
    Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    47
  • Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron
    Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    43
  • Cattle Egret
    Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    41
  • Black Heron
    Egretta ardesiaca (Wagler, 1827) · Aves
    34
  • Western Reef-Heron
    Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792) · Aves
    34

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).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

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

Nearby places in Mono

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.85
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,771

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