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Faraguul

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Air quality index

26Good
Elevation656 m
Coordinates9.32°, 46.98°

Demographic figures from Somali National Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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Overview

Faraguul, a village in Sool, Somalia, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Located at 9.317°, 46.984°, Faraguul occupies a equatorial portion of the northern hemisphere. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. The location receives about 2,457 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 96% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. 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
9.3173
Longitude
46.9839
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
26
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
0.5
PM10 (µg/m³)
0.7
Ozone (µg/m³)
54
NO₂ (µg/m³)
0.5

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
14
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Spotted Sandgrouse
    Pterocles senegallus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
    1
  • Double-banded Courser
    Rhinoptilus africanus (Temminck, 1807) · Aves
    1
  • Wood Sandpiper
    Tringa glareola Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    1
  • Magpie Starling
    Speculipastor bicolor Reichenow, 1879 · Aves
    1
  • Lesser Hoopoe-Lark
    Alaemon hamertoni Witherby, 1905 · Aves
    1
  • Desert Cisticola
    Cisticola aridulus Witherby, 1900 · Aves
    1
  • Red-billed Quelea
    Quelea quelea (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    1
  • Black-winged Stilt
    Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    1

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
0
Largest magnitude
—
Largest event
—

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

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Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in Sool

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Geography & sun

Elevation
2,152 ft (656 m)
Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
6.73
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,457

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Sources

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