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Sanoyea

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Elevation882 m
Coordinates6.98°, -9.98°

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City facts

Elevation
882 m

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Sanoyea is a town in Bong County, Liberia. Alternate spellings for the town are Sanoyie, Sanoghie and Sanoye. The official language of the town is Kpelle. The meaning of Sanoyea in Kpelle is a fruit bearing tree (Sano) on the hill (yea).

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
6.9757
Longitude
-9.9825
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)
695
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Portia Widow
    Palpopleura portia (Drury, 1773) · Insecta
    17
  • Light Bush Brown
    Bicyclus dorothea · Insecta
    16
  • Telchinia bonasia
    Telchinia bonasia · Insecta
    12
  • African Black Widow, St Lucia Widow
    Palpopleura lucia (Drury, 1773) · Insecta
    11
  • Forest Glade Nymph
    Aterica galene Brown · Insecta
    10
  • Common Smoky Blue
    Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833) · Insecta
    9
  • Common False Head
    Oxylides faunus (Drury, 1773) · Insecta
    7
  • African Weaver Ant
    Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille, 1802) · Insecta
    6

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

Nearby places in Liberia

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.57
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,669

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
27
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Sanoyea

The cultural politics of religious change
The cultural politics of religious change
Randolph Stakeman · 1986

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Danaid Eggfly
Danaid Eggfly
Hypolimnas misippus
Seen 2026-02-05
Sensitive Plant
Sensitive Plant
Mimosa pudica
Seen 2026-02-04
Light Bush Brown
Light Bush Brown
Bicyclus dorothea
Seen 2026-02-03
Western Hallelesis
Western Hallelesis
Hallelesis halyma
Seen 2026-02-03
Grey Bush Brown
Grey Bush Brown
Bicyclus taenias
Seen 2026-02-03
African Giant Skipper
African Giant Skipper
Coeliades iphis
Seen 2026-02-03
Plain Tiger Butterfly
Plain Tiger Butterfly
Danaus chrysippus
Seen 2026-02-03
Aulacosphodrus leucocephalus
Aulacosphodrus leucocephalus
Aulacosphodrus leucocephalus
Seen 2026-02-03
Untailed Ginger White
Untailed Ginger White
Oboronia ornata
Seen 2026-02-03

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

Events

Gallery

Sources

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