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Waliso

Oromiatown

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Coordinates8.54°, 37.98°

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City facts

Overview

Set in Oromia, Ethiopia, Waliso is recorded in open geodata as a town. Detailed population figures are not currently catalogued in the open data sources we track. Geographically it lies in the northern hemisphere at a equatorial latitude (8.539°, 37.976°). The latitude suggests hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 2,110 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 83% of daylight hours. 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

Latitude
8.5389
Longitude
37.9762
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
268
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • rock hyrax
    Heterohyrax brucei (Gray, 1868) · Mammalia
    23
  • Hadada Ibis
    Bostrychia hagedash (Latham, 1790) · Aves
    14
  • vervet monkey
    Chlorocebus aethiops (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
    13
  • mantled guereza
    Colobus guereza Rüppell, 1835 · Mammalia
    11
  • Common Bulbul
    Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
    10
  • Red-eyed Dove
    Streptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837) · Aves
    10
  • Double-toothed Barbet
    Lybius bidentatus (Shaw, 1799) · Aves
    9
  • Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole
    Oriolus monacha (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
    9

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
1
Largest magnitude
4.2
Largest event
2015-03-31

Most recent

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 Oromia

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.78
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,110

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
404
Avg daily Wikipedia views
14
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Sources

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