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Tayakou

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Elevation235 m
Coordinates10.54°, 1.21°

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City facts

Elevation
235 m

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Taiakou is a town and arrondissement in the Atakora Department of northwestern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Tanguiéta. 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 9,716.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
10.5428
Longitude
1.2120
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
2,693
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • bambouk-buttertree
    Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn. · Magnoliopsida
    75
  • kao
    Piliostigma thonningii (Schumach.) Milne-Redh. · Magnoliopsida
    71
  • desert-date
    Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile · Magnoliopsida
    68
  • Laughing Dove
    Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    64
  • Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
    Uraeginthus bengalus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    55
  • Baobab
    Adansonia digitata L. · Magnoliopsida
    53
  • Straw-coloured fruit bat
    Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792) · Mammalia
    45
  • Common Bulbul
    Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
    40

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
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Largest event
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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

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
9
Avg daily Wikipedia views
0
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