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Shambyu
Kavango Eastvillage
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Namibia Statistics Agency. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Shambyu, a village in Kavango East, Namibia, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Detailed population figures are not currently catalogued in the open data sources we track. Its coordinates of -17.911°, 20.030° place it in the tropical zone of the southern hemisphere. The location receives about 2,163 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 85% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Open-data panels below dive into population trends, climate normals, environmental indicators and nearby places.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis (Bechstein, 1794) · Aves35
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola (Sundevall, 1857) · Aves21
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus P.L.S.Müller, 1776 · Aves19
- Gabon BoubouLaniarius bicolor (Hartlaub, 1857) · Aves19
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837) · Aves16
- African Palm-SwiftCypsiurus parvus (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823) · Aves15
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves15
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves14
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Kavango East
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
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org