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Takotchienta

Atakoravillage

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Coordinates10.36°, 1.06°

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City facts

Overview

Found in Atakora, Benin, Takotchienta is classified as a village in public datasets. The settlement sits at 10.364°, 1.057°, a tropical location in the northern hemisphere. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. The latitude suggests warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,988 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 78% 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
10.3644
Longitude
1.0569
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)
251
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Straw-coloured fruit bat
    Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) · Mammalia
    199
  • bambouk-buttertree
    Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. · Magnoliopsida
    23
  • Barwood, Muninga
    Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir. · Magnoliopsida
    3
  • African spurred tortoise
    Centrochelys sulcata (Miller, 1779) · Testudines
    2
  • kob
    Kobus kob (Erxleben, 1777) · Mammalia
    2
  • Laughing Dove
    Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    2
  • Variegated grasshopper
    Zonocerus variegatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
    1
  • African Dwarf Crocodile
    Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861 · Crocodylia
    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)
5.45
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,988

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