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Salafosi
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Demographic figures from National Statistical Office (Malawi). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Salafosi, a village in Southern, Malawi, forms part of the country's settled landscape. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. Coordinates of -15.497°, 34.772° situate Salafosi in the tropical zone of the southern hemisphere. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 2,001 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 78% of daylight hours. 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
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Bush ScarletAxiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881) · Insecta8
- Flapneck chameleonChamaeleo dilepis Leach, 1819 · Squamata5
- Southern CordonbleuUraeginthus angolensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves5
- Common Ciliate BlueAnthene definita (Butler, 1899) · Insecta4
- Rufous Beaked SnakeRhamphiophis rostratus Peters, 1854 · Squamata4
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla (Latham, 1802) · Aves4
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor (Hartlaub, 1862) · Aves4
- Jameson's FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareia (Heuglin, 1868) · Aves4
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.3 — 2012-06-146 km WNW of Zomba, Malawi
- M 4.8 — 2007-11-0814 km NNW of Chikwawa, Malawi
- M 4 — 2005-01-2910 km WSW of Zomba, Malawi
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Geography & sun
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
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org