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Mèhou

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Air quality index

45Good
Coordinates9.93°, 1.41°

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City facts

Overview

As a village in Donga, Benin, Mèhou occupies its own corner of the country. Coordinates of 9.931°, 1.411° situate Mèhou in the equatorial zone of the northern hemisphere. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,910 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 75% of daylight hours. The sections below expand on demographics, weather, terrain, hazards and nearby points of interest using publicly available datasets.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
9.9314
Longitude
1.4112
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
45
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
8.7
PM10 (µg/m³)
10.7
Ozone (µg/m³)
26
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)
988
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Straw-coloured fruit bat
    Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) · Mammalia
    72
  • White-faced Whistling-Duck
    Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    56
  • Cattle Egret
    Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    43
  • Western Plantain-eater
    Crinifer piscator (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
    38
  • Yellow-billed Shrike
    Corvinella corvina (Shaw, 1809) · Aves
    24
  • African Emigrant
    Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775) · Insecta
    22
  • White Egyptian Lotus
    Nymphaea lotus L. · Magnoliopsida
    22
  • Baobab
    Adansonia digitata L. · Magnoliopsida
    21

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)
5.23
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,910

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

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