Bopa
Sign in to savethumb|left|Fishermen in Gbakpodji (Bopa) Bopa is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Mono Department of south-western Benin.The commune covers an area of 365 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 70,268 people.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bopa
- 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
- Mono Department
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Abel Djossou
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 365
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2002
- Settlement.population_total
- 70,268
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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thumb|left|Fishermen in Gbakpodji (Bopa) Bopa is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Mono Department of south-western Benin.The commune covers an area of 365 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 70,268 people.
== Geography == Bopa is located in the Mono Department in south-western Benin, bordered by Lake Ahémé on the east and by the communes of Lokossa, Comé and Athiémé. Lake Ahémé, one of Benin’s most important inland water bodies, plays a central role in the commune’s economy, especially fishing and tourism. The landscape is composed of low plateaus, sandy soils, hydromorphic depressions and mangrove zones along the lake’s shoreline.