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Lesseyton

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Air quality index

28Good
Elevation1110 m
Coordinates-31.85°, 26.78°

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City facts

Overview

Lesseyton is a town in the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, located 14 km (8.7 mi) northwest of Queenstown. Almost all residents are Xhosa speakers. Lesseyton has two schools: Lesseyton Primary School and Ndlovukazi Public High School.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-31.8467
Longitude
26.7775
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
28
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
6.7
PM10 (µg/m³)
6.8
Ozone (µg/m³)
18
NO₂ (µg/m³)
9.1

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

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
3,402
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Pied Crow
    Corvus albus Statius Muller, 1776 · Aves
    71
  • Cape Wagtail
    Motacilla capensis Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
    69
  • Southern Fiscal
    Lanius collaris Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
    67
  • Ring-necked Dove
    Streptopelia capicola (Sundevall, 1857) · Aves
    59
  • Hadada Ibis
    Bostrychia hagedash (Latham, 1790) · Aves
    59
  • Piping Cisticola
    Cisticola fulvicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
    50
  • Egyptian Goose
    Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    42
  • Cape Sparrow
    Passer melanurus (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves
    41

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).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in Eastern Cape

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Geography & sun

Elevation
3,642 ft (1110 m)
Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.6
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,045

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
51
Avg daily Wikipedia views
2
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

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

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Sources

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