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Golela
Eastern Capevillage
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Statistics South Africa. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Golela is a village that lies in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Its coordinates of -30.641°, 29.239° place it in the warm-temperate zone of the southern hemisphere. 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 warm summers and cool winters. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,811 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 71% of daylight hours. Open-data panels below dive into population trends, climate normals, environmental indicators and nearby places.
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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
- African Pied StarlingLamprotornis bicolor (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves25
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves24
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash (Latham, 1790) · Aves20
- Cape CrowCorvus capensis Lichtenstein, 1823 · Aves19
- Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus (Latham, 1790) · Aves18
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves18
- Jackal BuzzardButeo rufofuscus (J.R.Forster, 1798) · Aves16
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves16
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.5 — 2022-11-0643 km NNE of Kokstad, South Africa
- M 4.2 — 2019-10-3147 km NW of Port Shepstone, South Africa
- M 4.5 — 2016-08-1810 km W of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Eastern Cape
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
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Golela, 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)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org