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Bong Mine Town

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Bong Mine Town

Coordinates6.81°, -10.35°

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City facts

Overview

Bong Town is a populated place in the Bong County of Liberia.

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History & geography

Geography

Bong Town is connected by a partially paved road to Kakata and a rail line to the Freeport of Monrovia. The town is directly situated on a small iron ore-rich mountain range. Handi town is a small populated area north of Bong Town near the river.

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Geography

Latitude
6.8150
Longitude
-10.3506
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)
85
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Common Bulbul
    Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
    3
  • Red-eyed Dove
    Streptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837) · Aves
    3
  • African Black Widow, St Lucia Widow
    Palpopleura lucia (Drury, 1773) · Insecta
    2
  • Speckled Tinkerbird
    Pogoniulus scolopaceus (Bonaparte, 1850) · Aves
    2
  • African Harrier-Hawk
    Polyboroides typus A.Smith, 1829 · Aves
    2
  • Western Nicator
    Nicator chloris (Valenciennes, 1826) · Aves
    2
  • Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
    Terpsiphone rufiventer (Swainson, 1837) · Aves
    2
  • Brown Illadopsis
    Illadopsis fulvescens (Cassin, 1859) · Aves
    2

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).

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 Liberia

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.54
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,656

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
133
Avg daily Wikipedia views
4
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image