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Swakopmund
Erongocity
Total population
25,000
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Namibia Statistics Agency. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Found in Erongo, Namibia, Swakopmund is classified as a city in public datasets. Population sits at roughly 25,000 according to the open data we track. Its coordinates of -22.677°, 14.529° place it in the tropical zone of the southern hemisphere. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 2,136 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 84% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. 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
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823 · Aves1,000
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii (Bruch, 1855) · Aves901
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves850
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves787
- Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis (Sparrman, 1788) · Aves703
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor (É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798) · Aves556
- Crowned CormorantMicrocarbo coronatus (Wahlberg, 1855) · Aves539
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves512
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 Erongo
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API