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Chivhu

Mashonaland Easttown

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Air quality index

43Good
Coordinates-19.02°, 30.90°

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City facts

Overview

As a town in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, Chivhu occupies its own corner of the country. Its coordinates of -19.019°, 30.897° place it in the tropical zone of the southern hemisphere. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. The location receives about 2,116 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 83% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. 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

Latitude
-19.0187
Longitude
30.8970
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
43
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
8.2
PM10 (µg/m³)
10.3
Ozone (µg/m³)
43
NO₂ (µg/m³)
2.8

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

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
145
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
    Passer diffusus (A.Smith, 1836) · Aves
    7
  • Black-collared Barbet
    Lybius torquatus (Dumont, 1805) · Aves
    5
  • Pied Crow
    Corvus albus Statius Muller, 1776 · Aves
    4
  • Common Myna
    Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    4
  • Ring-necked Dove
    Streptopelia capicola (Sundevall, 1857) · Aves
    4
  • Magpie Shrike
    Urolestes melanoleucus (Jardine, 1831) · Aves
    4
  • Gray Go-away-bird
    Corythaixoides concolor (A.Smith, 1833) · Aves
    3
  • African Palm-Swift
    Cypsiurus parvus (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823) · Aves
    3

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
1
Largest magnitude
4.5
Largest event
2006-05-21

Most recent

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 Mashonaland East

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.8
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,116

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

Sources

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