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Amaya

South West Ethiopiatown

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Coordinates7.11°, 36.68°

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City facts

Overview

Amaya or Ameya is town and separate district in southwestern Ethiopia. Amaya serves as the administrative seat of Konta Zone and Amaya Zuria district of Southwestern Ethiopia Regional State. Amaya is a home of Konta people and located in 467 km southwest from Addis Ababa.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
7.1066
Longitude
36.6772
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)
55
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • fire vine
    Combretum paniculatum Vent. · Magnoliopsida
    4
  • Helmeted Guineafowl
    Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    2
  • Ethiopian Boubou
    Laniarius aethiopicus (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
    2
  • Common Bulbul
    Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
    2
  • Bronze mannikin
    Lonchura cucullata (Swainson, 1837) · Aves
    2
  • Variable Sunbird
    Cinnyris venustus (Shaw, 1799) · Aves
    2
  • Northern Fiscal
    Lanius humeralis Stanley, 1814 · Aves
    2
  • African woollyneck
    Ciconia microscelis G.R.Gray, 1848 · Aves
    1

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

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Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in South West Ethiopia

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.35
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,954

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
39
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

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Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Events

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API