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Choum

Mauritaniatown

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Total population

5,000

Coordinates21.30°, -13.07°

Demographic figures from ANSADE Mauritania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

Choum, a small town in Mauritania, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Population sits at roughly 5,000 according to the open data we track. Choum maps to 21.299°, -13.067° — squarely within the tropical belt. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 2,309 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 90% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
21.2987
Longitude
-13.0672
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
6.33
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,309

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

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Sources

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