Malanville
Sign in to saveMalanville is a city, arrondissement and commune in the Alibori Department of northeastern Benin, located across the River Niger from Niger. It is known as a centre of cross-border trade and has a major market. Malanville is also a centre for rice-growing. The commune covers an area of 3016 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 168,006 people.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Malanville
- 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
- 3016
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 168006
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 160
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal address
- Settlement.postal_code
- BP: 51
- Settlement.area_code
- (+229) 23
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Malanville is a city, arrondissement and commune in the Alibori Department of northeastern Benin, located across the River Niger from Niger. It is known as a centre of cross-border trade and has a major market. Malanville is also a centre for rice-growing. The commune covers an area of 3016 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 168,006 people.
==Demographics== Malanville has an extremely diverse population consisting of a large Muslim community, large Christian community, French speakers and speakers of local languages, as well as several practitioners of local religions. The cuisine is a mixture of African and European. Despite the differences that exist between these groups, they live side by side in peace and share public and private sector responsibilities.