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Gogounou is a town, arrondissement and commune in the Alibori Department of Benin, about 35 kilometres south of Kandi. The commune covers an area of 4910 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 117,793 people.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Gogounou
Settlement.settlement_type
Commune, arrondissement and city
Settlement.pushpin_map
Benin
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Benin
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Alibori Department
Settlement.area_total_km2
4910
Settlement.population_as_of
2013 census
Settlement.population_total
117793
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.population_density_metro_km2
auto
Settlement.timezone
WAT
Settlement.utc_offset
+1
Settlement.elevation_m
305
Settlement.postal_code_type
Postal address
Settlement.postal_code
BP: 07

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
commune of Benin
Country
Benin
Population
117523
Area
4910
Elevation
319
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Commons category
Gogounou (commune)
male population
58018
female population
59505
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Encyclopedic overview

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Gogounou is a town, arrondissement and commune in the Alibori Department of Benin, about 35 kilometres south of Kandi. The commune covers an area of 4910 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 117,793 people.

==Geography== Gogounou is located 71 kilometres from Kandi and 628 kilometres from Cotonou. It is bounded to the north by the communes of Kandi and Banikoara, south by Bembéréké and Sinendé, west with Kérou and to east by Ségbana.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gogounou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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