Matéri
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Matéri is a town, arrondissement and commune in the Atakora Department of north-western Benin. The commune covers an area of 4740 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 113,958 people.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Matéri
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune, arrondissement and town
- 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
- Atakora Department
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Robert Wimbo Kassa
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1740
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_total
- 113958
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Matéri is a town, arrondissement and commune in the Atakora Department of north-western Benin. The commune covers an area of 4740 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 113,958 people.
== Geography == Matéri is a commune, arrondissement, and town in the Atacora Department of north-western Benin. It covers approximately 1 740 km² and had a population of 113 958 inhabitants as of the 2013 census. The commune is subdivided into six arrondissements: Dassari, Gouandé, Matéri, Nodi, Tantéga, and Tchanhoun-Cossi; these include 55 villages in total. The terrain is relatively flat with elevations generally between 150-250 metres.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matéri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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