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Balbaley
Lower Shabellevillage
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Somali National Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Balbaley sits in Lower Shabelle, Somalia and is identified as a village. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. On the world map it falls within the Eastern Hemisphere, specifically at 2.159°, 45.132°. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 2,235 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 87% 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
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves66
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves57
- Black KiteMilvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves56
- Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus (Latham, 1790) · Aves52
- Crab-PloverDromas ardeola Paykull, 1805 · Aves49
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves48
- Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae A.E.Brehm, 1857 · Aves36
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves35
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



People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Lower Shabelle
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-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org