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Sele
Tigraytown
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Ethiopian Statistical Service. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Situated in Tigray, Ethiopia, Sele is a town. Sele maps to 13.539°, 39.039° — squarely within the tropical belt. Detailed population figures are not currently catalogued in the open data sources we track. Open solar datasets indicate about 2,227 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 87% of daylight hours. The latitude suggests 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
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Lindenleaf SageSalvia tiliifolia Vahl · Magnoliopsida43
- bananaMusa ×paradisiaca L. · Liliopsida3
- Sulphur CosmosCosmos sulphureus Cav. · Magnoliopsida2
- Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythrorhynchus (Stanley, 1814) · Aves1
- Capnodium citri Berk. & Desm.Capnodium citri Berk. & Desm. · Dothideomycetes1
- CenturyplantAgave americana L. · Liliopsida1
- Abyssinian WheatearOenanthe lugubris (Rüppell, 1837) · Aves1
- White-collared PigeonColumba albitorques Rüppell, 1837 · Aves1
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.2 — 2026-01-2156 km NE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia
- M 4.4 — 2026-01-2152 km NE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia
- M 4.4 — 2025-11-0139 km ENE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia
- M 4.5 — 2025-10-2044 km SE of Ādīgrat, Ethiopia
- M 4.4 — 2025-10-1555 km NE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia
- M 4.3 — 2025-10-1453 km NE of Mek'ele, Ethiopia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Tigray
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
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org