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Kakanda

Lualabatown

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Air quality index

89Moderate
Coordinates-10.75°, 26.41°

Demographic figures from INS DRC. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

Kakanda sits in Lualaba, DR Congo and is identified as a town. Coordinates of -10.749°, 26.412° situate Kakanda in the tropical zone of the southern hemisphere. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. The location receives about 2,018 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 79% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by 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
-10.7485
Longitude
26.4116
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Moderate
89
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
42.1
PM10 (µg/m³)
45.6
Ozone (µg/m³)
89
NO₂ (µg/m³)
5.9

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

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

Most-observed species

  • African Split-skin Toad
    Schismaderma carens (Smith, 1848) · Amphibia
    1
  • Itchgrass
    Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton · Liliopsida
    1

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
4
Largest magnitude
4.9
Largest event
2011-09-25

Most recent

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)
5.53
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,018

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