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Kpomassè

Atlantiquetown

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Elevation40 m
Land area305 km²
Coordinates6.45°, 2.01°

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City facts

Elevation
40 m
Area
305 km²

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kpomassè is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. The commune covers an area of 305 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 57,190 people.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
6.4450
Longitude
2.0137
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)
1,257
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Long-tailed Cormorant
    Microcarbo africanus (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
    80
  • Pied Kingfisher
    Ceryle rudis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    52
  • Black Kite
    Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
    48
  • Cattle Egret
    Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    43
  • Common Sandpiper
    Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    42
  • Woodland Kingfisher
    Halcyon senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    38
  • Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron
    Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    34
  • Black Heron
    Egretta ardesiaca (Wagler, 1827) · Aves
    27

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

Goteh Ntignee
Goteh Ntignee
Beninese footballer (born 2002)

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

Elevation
131 ft (40 m)
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)
76
Avg daily Wikipedia views
3
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

black mangrove
black mangrove
Avicennia germinans
Seen 2026-08-11
African baobab
African baobab
Adansonia digitata
Seen 2026-07-25
Common Hairstreak
Common Hairstreak
Hypolycaena philippus
Seen 2026-04-19
Thomisus citrinellus
Thomisus citrinellus
Thomisus citrinellus
Seen 2026-04-19
African Grass Blue
African Grass Blue
Zizeeria knysna
Seen 2026-04-19
Red-eyed Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Streptopelia semitorquata
Seen 2026-04-19
Woodland Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Halcyon senegalensis
Seen 2026-04-19
Yellow Fever Mosquito
Yellow Fever Mosquito
Aedes aegypti
Seen 2026-04-18
African Giant Skipper
African Giant Skipper
Coeliades iphis
Seen 2026-04-18

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-Elevation
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image