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Key facts
- Country
- Benin
- Capital
- Natitingou
- Total
- 20,499 km (7,915 sq mi)
- Density
- 37.530/km (97.203/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( WAT )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- department of Benin
- Named after
- Togo Mountains
- Country
- Benin
- Located in
- Benin
- Contains
- Toucountouna
- Capital
- Natitingou
- Area
- 20499.0
- Elevation
- 377
- Shares border with
- Donga Department
- Official website
- www.gouv.bj/departement/le-departement-de-latacora
- Image
- Atakora Benin Batia.jpg
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- Category:Atakora Department
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- Atakora Department
- language used
- Berba
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Encyclopedic overview
Atakora [a.ta.kɔ.ʁa] (also spelled Atacora, named for the Atakora Mountains) is the northwesternmost department of Benin. Externally it borders Togo to the west and Burkina Faso to the north; internally it borders the departments of Alibori, Borgou and Donga. Major towns in the Atakora include Natitingou and Tanguiéta, and the major tourist areas include the Tata Somba houses, Pendjari National Park, and various waterfalls. The department of Atakora was bifurcated in 1999, with its southern territory removed to form the newly created Donga Department. The capital of Atakora Department is Natitingou, which lies among the Atakora Mountains.
As of 2013, the total population of the department was 772,262, with 380,448 males and 391,814 females. The proportion of women was 50.70%. The total rural population was 62.80%, while the urban population was 37.20%. The total labour force in the department was 170,333, of which 27.20% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 72.80%.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Atakora Department” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.