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Pahou

Atlantiquetown

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Total population

78,474

Coordinates6.38°, 2.21°

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City facts

Overview

Pahou is a town and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Ouidah. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population of 14,436.

History & geography

Geography

Latitude
6.3839
Longitude
2.2128
Water area
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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)
3,640
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Mudar
    Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton · Magnoliopsida
    399
  • Christmas Butterfly
    Papilio demodocus Esper, 1798 · Insecta
    103
  • Laughing Dove
    Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    61
  • Mimic
    Hypolimnas misippus Linnaeus, 1764 · Insecta
    58
  • Long-tailed Cormorant
    Microcarbo africanus (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
    55
  • Common Bulbul
    Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
    49
  • Soldier Commodore
    Junonia terea (Drury, 1773) · Insecta
    48
  • Pied Kingfisher
    Ceryle rudis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    46

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

C
Calixte Dakpogan
Beninese sculptor

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

Geography & sun

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)
65
Avg daily Wikipedia views
2
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

Events

Gallery

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image