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Kasumbalesa
Haut-Katangatown
Demographic figures from INS DRC. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Kasumbalesa is a town located in Haut-Katanga, DR Congo. The settlement sits at -12.203°, 27.796°, a tropical location in the southern hemisphere. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 2,077 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 81% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. The remainder of this page draws on open public data to describe the area's demographics, climate, environment and nearby amenities.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Veined Golden ArabColotis vesta (Reiche, 1850) · Insecta4
- Brachycorythis lastii RolfeBrachycorythis lastii Rolfe · Liliopsida4
- Little CommodoreJunonia sophia (Fabricius, 1793) · Insecta4
- African CaperBelenois creona (Cramer, 1776) · Insecta3
- Banded Gold TipColotis eris (Klug, 1829) · Insecta3
- Dune SqueakerArthroleptis stenodactylus Pfeffer, 1893 · Amphibia3
- Soldier CommodoreJunonia terea (Drury, 1773) · Insecta3
- Common Dotted BorderMylothris agathina (Cramer, 1779) · Insecta3
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Haut-Katanga
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species









Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API