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Kunkugang

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Air quality index

119Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
Coordinates13.31°, -16.75°

Demographic figures from Gambia Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

Kunkugang is a village that lies in Western, Gambia. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Kunkugang maps to 13.311°, -16.755° — squarely within the tropical belt. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Open solar datasets indicate about 2,120 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 83% of daylight hours. Open-data panels below dive into population trends, climate normals, environmental indicators and nearby places.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
13.3106
Longitude
-16.7547
Water area
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View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
119
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
53.6
PM10 (µg/m³)
158.3
Ozone (µg/m³)
58
NO₂ (µg/m³)
0.5

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
136,060
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Hooded Vulture
    Necrosyrtes monachus (Temminck, 1823) · Aves
    4,671
  • Pied Crow
    Corvus albus Statius Muller, 1776 · Aves
    3,427
  • Western Plantain-eater
    Crinifer piscator (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
    3,066
  • Laughing Dove
    Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    2,971
  • Common Bulbul
    Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
    2,970
  • Red-eyed Dove
    Streptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837) · Aves
    2,859
  • Black Kite
    Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
    2,832
  • Speckled Pigeon
    Columba guinea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    2,447

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
—

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

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

T
Tuti Faal
former first lady of the Gambia
N
Nyimasata Sanneh-Bojang
Gambian politician (1941–2015)
E
Edrissa Sanneh
Italian journalist (1951–2023)
A
Amadou Scattred Janneh
Gambian politician, dissident
P
Paul L. Mendy
Gambian politician
L
Lamin Charty
Gambian association football player
S
Saikouba Jarju
Gambian politician
Musa Juwara
Musa Juwara
football player
R
Rohey Samba
Gambian writer
P
Pa Omar Jobe
Gambian association football player (1998-)
E
Ebrima Buaro
Gambian swimmer
B
Babagalleh Jallow
parliamentarian from Gambia
Ismail Badjie
Ismail Badjie
Gambian association football player
Youssoupha Sanyang
Youssoupha Sanyang
Senegal and Gambian association football player
Y
Youssoupha Mbodji
Senegalese association football player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Western

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.81
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,120

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

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Kunkugang, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

Croco (3 of 1) (9571912066) — Kunkugang, Gambia2 miCeryle rudis -Gambia -male-8 — Kunkugang, Gambia2.4 miBirds MG 8503MOD (6477822707) — Kunkugang, Gambia2.4 miChondrorrhina abbreviata (Fabricius, 1801) (2870337204) — Kunkugang, Gambia2.9 miHyena in the Gambia (6842513741) — Kunkugang, Gambia2.9 miAfrican Golden Oriole (Oriolus auratus auratus), Kombo, Gambia 03 — Kunkugang, Gambia3 miAfrican Golden Oriole (Oriolus auratus auratus), Kombo, Gambia 04 — Kunkugang, Gambia3 miISS062-E-137053 - View of The Gambia — Kunkugang, Gambia3.1 miPolybaphes aequinoctialis (Olivier, 1789) (2946617009) — Kunkugang, Gambia3.3 miGambia (9380849203) — Kunkugang, Gambia3.4 miGambia (9380848539) — Kunkugang, Gambia3.4 miGambia (9383634576) — Kunkugang, Gambia3.4 miGambia (9383682268) — Kunkugang, Gambia3.4 miGambia (9380898821) — Kunkugang, Gambia3.4 miGambia (9383681122) — Kunkugang, Gambia3.4 miGambia (9383682796) — Kunkugang, Gambia3.4 miGambia (9380900605) — Kunkugang, Gambia3.4 miBirds MG 8434 copy (6510727861) — Kunkugang, Gambia3.7 miISS062-E-137054 - View of Earth — Kunkugang, Gambia3.8 miPachnoda marginata aurantia (Herbst, 1790) (3406981252) — Kunkugang, Gambia3.9 miPachnoda cordata Drury, 1773 (3093279450) — Kunkugang, Gambia4 miDjembes on Paradise Beach (The Gambia) (23924882525) — Kunkugang, Gambia4.1 miParadise Beach (23842149691) — Kunkugang, Gambia4.1 miParadise Beach (23924884825) — Kunkugang, Gambia4.1 mi

Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

Sources

  • • Wikimedia Commons
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org