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Cau Tchapa

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Air quality index

23Good
Coordinates12.08°, -15.91°

Demographic figures from INE Guinea-Bissau. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

Within Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau, Cau Tchapa stands as a village. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Coordinates of 12.083°, -15.911° situate Cau Tchapa in the tropical zone of the northern hemisphere. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 2,070 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 81% of daylight hours. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
12.0826
Longitude
-15.9109
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
23
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
2
PM10 (µg/m³)
3.9
Ozone (µg/m³)
37
NO₂ (µg/m³)
1.4

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

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
1,104
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Common Bulbul
    Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
    21
  • Village Weaver
    Ploceus cucullatus (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves
    21
  • Senegal Coucal
    Centropus senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    19
  • Western Plantain-eater
    Crinifer piscator (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
    18
  • Rose-ringed Parakeet
    Psittacula krameri (Scopoli, 1769) · Aves
    18
  • Red-eyed Dove
    Streptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837) · Aves
    18
  • Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
    Turtur afer (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    18
  • Pied Kingfisher
    Ceryle rudis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    16

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
0
Largest magnitude
Largest event

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.

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.67
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,070

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

Sources

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