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Saaiplaas
Free Statetown
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Statistics South Africa. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
As a town in Free State, South Africa, Saaiplaas occupies its own corner of the country. Detailed population figures are not currently catalogued in the open data sources we track. Its coordinates of -28.063°, 26.866° place it in the subtropical zone of the southern hemisphere. The location receives about 2,137 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 84% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by hot summers and mild winters typical of the subtropics. 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
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
- Southern Masked-WeaverPloceus velatus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves169
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves166
- White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali A.Smith, 1836 · Aves165
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola (Sundevall, 1857) · Aves153
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves148
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves146
- Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves138
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves133
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.4 — 2024-04-305 km NW of Allanridge, South Africa
- M 4.6 — 2022-06-156 km SSW of Kutloanong, South Africa
- M 4.2 — 2021-07-147 km SW of Welkom, South Africa
- M 4.5 — 2020-01-2511 km S of Welkom, South Africa
- M 4.4 — 2019-07-2327 km NNW of Theunissen, South Africa
- M 4.9 — 2019-03-228 km WNW of Virginia, South Africa
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 Free State
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 Saaiplaas, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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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-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org