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Waakirchen

Total population

5,503

Air quality index

40Good
Elevation759 m
Land area42.32 km²
Coordinates47.77°, 11.67°

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City facts

Elevation
759 m
Area
42.32 km²
head of government
Josef Hartl
Official website
www.waakirchen.de

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Waakirchen is a municipality in the district of Miesbach in Bavaria in Germany. At the end of World War II, Japanese American soldiers rescued concentration camp victims on a death march at this village.

Read more on Wikipedia

History & geography

Geography

Latitude
47.7726
Longitude
11.6728
Water area
—
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
40
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
6.2
PM10 (µg/m³)
10.2
Ozone (µg/m³)
100
NO₂ (µg/m³)
0.8

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

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
45,911
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Eurasian Blackbird
    Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    540
  • Great Tit
    Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    477
  • Common Chaffinch
    Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    442
  • Carrion Crow
    Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    367
  • Mallard
    Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    342
  • House Sparrow
    Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    335
  • Eurasian Blue Tit
    Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    331
  • European Robin
    Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    323

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
60
Largest magnitude
4
Largest event
2010-10-19

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

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Official Identifiers

Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office

AGS
09182134
Population (Wikidata)
5,843
Wikidata
Q517431

Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
  • • Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office — Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439