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Karakit
Sabahtown
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Department of Statistics Malaysia. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
As a town in Sabah, Malaysia, Karakit occupies its own corner of the country. The settlement sits at 7.110°, 117.084°, a equatorial location in the northern hemisphere. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. The latitude suggests hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,883 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 74% of daylight hours. Meteorological summaries report average highs near 85°F and lows near 77.3°F, together with about 99.5 in of annual precipitation (a very wet total). The sections below expand on demographics, weather, terrain, hazards and nearby points of interest using publicly available datasets.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Whitespotted wedgefishRhynchobatus australiae Whitley, 1939 · Elasmobranchii3
- Scalloped HammerheadSphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) · Elasmobranchii2
- Strepsigonia robusta Holloway, 1998Strepsigonia robusta Holloway, 1998 · Insecta1
- brownbanded bamboosharkChiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838 · Elasmobranchii1
- Spot-tail shark, Spottail sharkCarcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839) · Elasmobranchii1
- Indonesian WhalerCarcharhinus tjutjot (Bleeker, 1852) · Elasmobranchii1
- Cinnamon-headed PigeonTreron fulvicollis (Wagler, 1827) · Aves1
- Australian pine treeCasuarina equisetifolia L. · Magnoliopsida1
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 7.1 — 2026-02-2257 km NNW of Kota Belud, Malaysia
- M 4.3 — 2025-07-2226 km SSW of Kudat, Malaysia
- M 4.9 — 2020-06-3048 km W of Kudat, Malaysia
- M 4.5 — 2019-08-0368 km ENE of Ranau, Malaysia
- M 4.6 — 2015-07-2641 km NNE of Ranau, Malaysia
- M 4.6 — 2014-10-2461 km NE of Kudat, Malaysia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Sabah
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
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org