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Owendo

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Owendo

Elevation1 m
Coordinates0.32°, 9.50°

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City facts

Elevation
1 m

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Owendo is a port city in Gabon, forming a south western suburb of Libreville.

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History & geography

History

In 1978, the Trans-Gabon Railway was connected to the city. In 2023, Fortescue signed a deal to mine iron ore at Belinga using road and rail to reach the port of Owendo. Initially about 2m tonnes of ore would be carried.

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Geography

Latitude
0.3208
Longitude
9.4953
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)
6,462
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Common Bulbul
    Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
    329
  • Red-eyed Dove
    Streptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837) · Aves
    309
  • African Thrush
    Turdus pelios Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
    296
  • African Palm-Swift
    Cypsiurus parvus (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823) · Aves
    230
  • Reichenbach's Sunbird
    Anabathmis reichenbachii (Hartlaub, 1857) · Aves
    213
  • Cattle Egret
    Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    210
  • Woodland Kingfisher
    Halcyon senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    208
  • Little Swift
    Apus affinis (J.E.Gray, 1830) · Aves
    177

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
0
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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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.31
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,575

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

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
208
Avg daily Wikipedia views
7
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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Sources

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