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Dedai
Afartown
Demographic figures from Ethiopian Statistical Service. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Dedai sits in Afar, Ethiopia and is identified as a town. Its coordinates of 11.914°, 41.574° place it in the tropical zone of the northern hemisphere. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Open solar datasets indicate about 2,279 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 89% of daylight hours. Based on its tropical position, residents likely encounter warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. The sections below expand on demographics, weather, terrain, hazards and nearby points of interest using publicly available datasets.
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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
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves6
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves6
- Great Gray ShrikeLanius excubitor Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves5
- House SparrowPasser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves4
- Soemmerring's gazelleNanger soemmerringii (Cretzschmar, 1828) · Mammalia3
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves1
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina (Temminck, 1829) · Aves1
- African Golden WolfCanis lupaster Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833 · Mammalia1
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.5 — 2017-08-2556 km WNW of Dorra, Djibouti
- M 4.6 — 2014-12-1327 km ESE of Asaita, Ethiopia
- M 4.1 — 2014-05-2052 km WNW of Dikhil, Djibouti
- M 4.7 — 2007-11-1152 km NW of Semera, Ethiopia
- M 4.6 — 2006-06-1770 km NNW of Semera, Ethiopia
- M 4 — 2005-09-2949 km NW of Semera, Ethiopia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Afar
Geography & sun
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
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org