Péhunco
Sign in to savePéhunco or Péhonko often referred to as Ouassa-Péhunco is a town, arrondissement and commune located in the Atakora Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of approximately 1,900 km² and had a population of 78,217 at the 2013 census.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Péhunco
- Settlement.other_name
- Péhonko
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune, arrondissement and town
- 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
- Atakora Department
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Orou Maré Koto
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1900
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_total
- 78217
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Péhunco or Péhonko often referred to as Ouassa-Péhunco is a town, arrondissement and commune located in the Atakora Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of approximately 1,900 km² and had a population of 78,217 at the 2013 census.
== Geography == Péhunco lies in the western part of the Atakora Department, on a peneplain located between the valleys of the Alibori river to the east and the Mékrou to the west. The commune is traversed by seasonal streams and rivers and benefits from a Sudanian (soudano-guinean) climate with a long rainy season (roughly May–October). Elevations are modest and the landscape alternates wooded savanna, gallery forests and cultivated lowlands.