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Lortes
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Demographic figures from INS Tunisia. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Within Gafsa, Tunisia, Lortes stands as a village. Detailed population figures are not currently catalogued in the open data sources we track. Coordinates of 34.336°, 8.922° situate Lortes in the warm-temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. The location receives about 1,992 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 78% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm summers and cool winters. 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
- Ocellated Bronze SkinkChalcides ocellatus (Forskal, 1775) · Squamata3
- Culicoides odiatus Austen, 1921Culicoides odiatus Austen, 1921 · Insecta2
- Culicoides scoticus Downes & Kettle, 1952Culicoides scoticus Downes & Kettle, 1952 · Insecta2
- Culicoides montanus Shakirzyanova, 1962Culicoides montanus Shakirzyanova, 1962 · Insecta2
- Culicoides kibunensis Tokunaga, 1937Culicoides kibunensis Tokunaga, 1937 · Insecta2
- Culicoides imicola Kieffer, 1913Culicoides imicola Kieffer, 1913 · Insecta2
- Culicoides obsoletus (Meigen, 1818)Culicoides obsoletus (Meigen, 1818) · Insecta2
- Anopheles melanoon Hackett, 1934Anopheles melanoon Hackett, 1934 · Insecta2
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.2 — 2026-01-1312 km WSW of Mezzouna, Tunisia
- M 4.4 — 2025-04-0924 km WSW of Mezzouna, Tunisia
- M 4.7 — 2025-02-0320 km W of Mezzouna, Tunisia
- M 4.4 — 2024-12-1535 km SSW of Kasserine, Tunisia
- M 5 — 2023-04-047 km ESE of Chebika, Tunisia
- M 4.3 — 2019-06-103 km NNW of Metlaoui, Tunisia
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 Gafsa
- Gafsa9.9 mi away · pop. 111,170
- Rozstání1116 mi away · pop. 565
- Tištín1116.4 mi away · pop. 522
- Baldovec1116.5 mi away · pop. 120
- Těšice1117 mi away · pop. 68
- Dřevnovice1117.3 mi away · pop. 490
- Srbce1117.4 mi away · pop. 91
- Želeč1117.6 mi away · pop. 558
- Ondratice1118 mi away · pop. 343
- Otinoves1118.1 mi away · pop. 296
- Mořice1118.5 mi away · pop. 474
- Sněhotice1118.5 mi away · pop. 131
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