Tchaourou
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Tchaourou (Saworo in Yoruba etymology, meaning rattle) is a commune, arrondissement, and city located in the Borgou Department of Benin, a country in Western Africa, formerly known as Dahomey (until 1975). It is the birthplace of former Beninese president Yayi Boni. It is south of Parakou.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tchaourou
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune 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
- Borgou Department
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 7256
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_total
- 221,108
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Tchaourou (Saworo in Yoruba etymology, meaning rattle) is a commune, arrondissement, and city located in the Borgou Department of Benin, a country in Western Africa, formerly known as Dahomey (until 1975). It is the birthplace of former Beninese president Yayi Boni. It is south of Parakou.
==Overview==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tchaourou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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