City
Buchanan, Liberia
Western Africa
Buchanan, previously also known as Grand Bassa on some maps, is the third largest city in Liberia, lying on Waterhouse Bay on the Atlantic Ocean. At the 2008 census it had a population of 34,270, of whom 16,984 were male and 17,286 female.
Facts
Founding Year Elevation (m) Climate Zone Sources
1. GeoNames: Buchanan
GeoNames geonameid 2278158 (Buchanan), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Buchanan, Liberia (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1835-00-00T00:00:00Z
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 5.883333, longitude -10.05
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 77 m
View the Source3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 5.75, -10.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 5.75, -10.25
5.75 -10.25 Am
4. GeoNames: Buchanan - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2278158, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.71 km)Quote, cities500 record 2278158, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.71 km)
5.87693 -10.04964 P PPLA LR 11 75854 11 Africa/Monrovia
Buchanan, Liberia (Wikipedia)
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