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Ouinhi is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Zou Department of south-western Benin. The commune covers an area of 483 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 59,381 people. It is bounded on the north-west by the commune of Zagnanado, south-west by the commune of Zogbodomey, south by the commune of Bonou and east by the commune of Adja-Ouèrè. The commune is divided into arrondissements which include Dasso, Ouinhi, and Tohu, comprising 28 villages.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Ouinhi
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
Zou Department
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Jonas Babatoundé Houessou
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.area_total_km2
483
Settlement.population_as_of
2013
Settlement.population_total
59381
Settlement.population_blank1_title
Ethnicities
Settlement.timezone
WAT
Settlement.utc_offset
+1

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
commune of Benin
Country
Benin
Located in
Zou Department
Area
483
Elevation
56
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Commons category
Ouinhi
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Encyclopedic overview

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Ouinhi is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Zou Department of south-western Benin. The commune covers an area of 483 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 59,381 people. It is bounded on the north-west by the commune of Zagnanado, south-west by the commune of Zogbodomey, south by the commune of Bonou and east by the commune of Adja-Ouèrè. The commune is divided into arrondissements which include Dasso, Ouinhi, and Tohu, comprising 28 villages.

The arrondissements of Ouinhi and Dasso were struck hard by the 2008 Benin floods in July 2008, tearing down mud and straw homes and infrastructure and polluting rivers.

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

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