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Gorakana

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Elevation7 m
Coordinates6.76°, 79.90°

Demographic figures from Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

As a village in Western, Sri Lanka, Gorakana occupies its own corner of the country. Detailed population figures are not currently catalogued in the open data sources we track. Coordinates of 6.760°, 79.898° situate Gorakana in the equatorial zone of the northern hemisphere. Based on its equatorial position, residents likely encounter hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. The location receives about 2,048 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 80% 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
6.7595
Longitude
79.8981
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Geography & sun

Elevation
23 ft (7 m)
Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.61
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,048

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

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Sources

  • • Open-Elevation
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org