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Woolaways
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Air quality index
Demographic figures from Statistics South Africa. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Situated in Free State, South Africa, Woolaways is a village. Geographically it lies in the southern hemisphere at a subtropical latitude (-28.090°, 26.864°). Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Open solar datasets indicate about 2,137 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 84% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience hot summers and mild winters typical of the subtropics. 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
- White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali A.Smith, 1836 · Aves166
- Southern Masked-WeaverPloceus velatus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves166
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves166
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola (Sundevall, 1857) · Aves151
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves147
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves145
- Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves136
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves134
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 Woolaways, 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-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org