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Vanguard Mine

Midlandsvillage

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Air quality index

44Good
Elevation1125 m
Coordinates-20.54°, 29.91°

Demographic figures from ZIMSTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

Found in Midlands, Zimbabwe, Vanguard Mine is classified as a village in public datasets. Geographically it lies in the southern hemisphere at a tropical latitude (-20.543°, 29.915°). 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 temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 2,066 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 81% of daylight hours. The sections below expand on demographics, weather, terrain, hazards and nearby points of interest using publicly available datasets.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-20.5434
Longitude
29.9150
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
44
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
6
PM10 (µg/m³)
7.8
Ozone (µg/m³)
46
NO₂ (µg/m³)
2.9

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

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
32
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Pied Crow
    Corvus albus Statius Muller, 1776 · Aves
    2
  • White Helmetshrike
    Prionops plumatus (Shaw, 1809) · Aves
    2
  • Cape Starling
    Lamprotornis nitens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    2
  • White-crowned Shrike
    Eurocephalus anguitimens A.Smith, 1836 · Aves
    2
  • Red-billed Quelea
    Quelea quelea (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    2
  • African-wattle
    Peltophorum africanum Sond. · Magnoliopsida
    2
  • Dyschoriste hildebrandtii (S.Moore) Lindau ex Engl.
    Dyschoriste hildebrandtii (S.Moore) Lindau ex Engl. · Magnoliopsida
    2
  • Lady's Slipper
    Pigea serrata (Engl.) P.I.Forst. · Magnoliopsida
    1

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

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Midlands

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Geography & sun

Elevation
3,691 ft (1125 m)
Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.66
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,066

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-Elevation
  • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org