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Uppuveli

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Total population

5,000

Air quality index

27Good
Coordinates8.60°, 81.22°

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

Uppuveli sits in Eastern, Sri Lanka and is identified as a small village. Census-style estimates put the resident count near 5,000. Uppuveli maps to 8.601°, 81.218° — squarely within the equatorial belt. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,972 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 77% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. 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
8.6005
Longitude
81.2178
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
27
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
4.6
PM10 (µg/m³)
6.3
Ozone (µg/m³)
61
NO₂ (µg/m³)
1.7

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

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
13,842
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • House Crow
    Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
    1,360
  • Rose-ringed Parakeet
    Psittacula krameri (Scopoli, 1769) · Aves
    639
  • Asian Palm-Swift
    Cypsiurus balasiensis (J.E.Gray, 1829) · Aves
    537
  • White-throated Kingfisher
    Halcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    511
  • Oriental Magpie-Robin
    Copsychus saularis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    488
  • Asian Koel
    Eudynamys scolopaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    487
  • Common Tailorbird
    Orthotomus sutorius (Pennant, 1769) · Aves
    446
  • Common Myna
    Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    445

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.

Nearby places in Eastern

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.4
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,972

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

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Events

Sources

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