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Matalé

Atakoravillage

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Coordinates10.42°, 0.84°

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City facts

Overview

Set in Atakora, Benin, Matalé is recorded in open geodata as a village. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. The settlement sits at 10.422°, 0.843°, a tropical location in the northern hemisphere. The location receives about 2,010 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 79% of daylight hours. Based on its tropical position, residents likely encounter warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. 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
10.4222
Longitude
0.8431
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)
5
Distinct species (top 10)
4

Most-observed species

  • bambouk-buttertree
    Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. · Magnoliopsida
    2
  • Straw-coloured fruit bat
    Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) · Mammalia
    1
  • Mudar
    Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton · Magnoliopsida
    1
  • Asian Spiderflower
    Arivela viscosa (L.) Raf. · Magnoliopsida
    1

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

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.51
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,010

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

Sources

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