Kara is a city in northern Togo and the capital of the Kara Region, about 413 kilometers north of the national capital Lome. The 2010 census recorded its population at 94,878. The Kara River, the city's main water source, flows through it, and Kara grew from the 1970s onward out of a village originally called Lama-Kara, its growth driven largely by former Togolese head of state Gnassingbe Eyadema, who was born in the nearby village of Pya and valued the city's position at a crossroads of two trade routes.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Kara, Togo (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 158,090 (2023)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 9.548889, longitude 1.190556
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 312 m
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 158090 (2023)
View the Source2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 9.5489,1.1906
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 302.0
3. 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 9.75, 1.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 9.75, 1.25
9.75 1.25 Aw
4. GeoNames: Kara - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2366152, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.55 km)Quote, cities500 record 2366152, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.55 km)
9.55111 1.18611 P PPLA TG 23 104207 291 Africa/Lome
Kara, Togo (Wikipedia)
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