Bonou
Sign in to saveBonou is a town and commune in the Ouémé Department of south-eastern Benin. The commune covers an area of 250 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 44,349 people.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bonou
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and city
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Benin
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 200
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Benin
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ouémé Department
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Thierry S. TOLEGBE
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 275
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_total
- 44,349
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Bonou is a town and commune in the Ouémé Department of south-eastern Benin. The commune covers an area of 250 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 44,349 people.
== History == The commune is predominantly inhabited by the Wémènou people, part of the Wémègbe-speaking cultural area of southern Benin. Historically, the territory was influenced by interactions between the former kingdoms of Allada, Danxomè, and the Oyo Empire.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bonou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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