Covè
Sign in to saveCovè (also spelled Cové) is a city in the Zou Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 525 square kilometres and as of 2012 had a population of 51,247 people.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Cové
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Cové1.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Benin
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 240
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Benin
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Zou Department
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Auguste Ayihounhin
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 525
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.population_total
- 51247
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
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Covè (also spelled Cové) is a city in the Zou Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 525 square kilometres and as of 2012 had a population of 51,247 people.
==Geography== Covè lies roughly 40 km east of Abomey in the Agonlin area. The territory occupies a plateau of about 60–100 m altitude and is crossed by the Zou River and its tributaries. The climate is transitional between sub-equatorial and humid tropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons.