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Ben Mbizweni

Eastern Capevillage

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Air quality index

160Unhealthy
Coordinates-30.65°, 29.48°

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City facts

Overview

Ben Mbizweni, a village in Eastern Cape, South Africa, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Its coordinates of -30.653°, 29.484° place it in the warm-temperate zone of the southern hemisphere. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm summers and cool winters. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,811 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 71% of daylight hours. The remainder of this page draws on open public data to describe the area's demographics, climate, environment and nearby amenities.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-30.6527
Longitude
29.4836
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Unhealthy
160
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
74.3
PM10 (µg/m³)
78
Ozone (µg/m³)
53
NO₂ (µg/m³)
21.1

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

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
3,380
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Southern Fiscal
    Lanius collaris Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
    42
  • Hadada Ibis
    Bostrychia hagedash (Latham, 1790) · Aves
    41
  • Karroothorn
    Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso · Magnoliopsida
    36
  • Egyptian Goose
    Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    35
  • Cape Crow
    Corvus capensis Lichtenstein, 1823 · Aves
    34
  • Cape Aloe
    Aloe ferox Mill. · Liliopsida
    33
  • Jackal Buzzard
    Buteo rufofuscus (J.R.Forster, 1798) · Aves
    32
  • Cattle Egret
    Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    31

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
2
Largest magnitude
4.5
Largest event
2022-11-06

Most recent

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

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in Eastern Cape

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.96
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,811

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

Events

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Ben Mbizweni, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

Sources

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