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Kigeme

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Coordinates-2.49°, 29.53°

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City facts

Overview

Within Southern, Rwanda, Kigeme stands as a village. Kigeme maps to -2.485°, 29.527° — squarely within the equatorial belt. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,842 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 72% of daylight hours. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-2.4851
Longitude
29.5271
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
15,919
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Streaky Seedeater
    Crithagra striolata (Rüppell, 1840) · Aves
    526
  • Chubb's Cisticola
    Cisticola chubbi Sharpe, 1892 · Aves
    521
  • Common Bulbul
    Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
    497
  • Pied Crow
    Corvus albus Statius Muller, 1776 · Aves
    455
  • Augur Buzzard
    Buteo augur (Ruppell, 1836) · Aves
    451
  • African Stonechat
    Saxicola torquatus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    422
  • Regal Sunbird
    Cinnyris regius Reichenow, 1893 · Aves
    414
  • Black Sawwing
    Psalidoprocne pristoptera (Rüppell, 1840) · Aves
    398

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
81
Largest magnitude
6.2
Largest event
2002-10-24

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Southern

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.05
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,842

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

Sources

  • • Wikidata
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org