Toucountouna
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Toucountouna is a town, arrondissement and commune in the Atakora Department of north-western Benin. The commune covers an area of 1600 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 39,779 people.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Toucountouna is referenced by 122 other articles, and connects out to Péhunco, Benin and time zone.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Arrondissements of Benin, Communes of Benin and Populated places in the Atakora Department.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Toucountouna
- 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
- Békakoua Tchin-Toya
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1600
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_total
- 39779
- 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
- Atakora Department
- Area
- 1600
- Elevation
- 411
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- Commons category
- Toucountouna
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Administrative divisions
- Population
- History
- Economy
- Infrastructure and services
- Transport
- Water, sanitation and energy
- Education and health
- Governance
- Security
- See also
- References
Toucountouna is a town, arrondissement and commune in the Atakora Department of north-western Benin. The commune covers an area of 1600 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 39,779 people.
== Geography == Toucountouna lies in the northern part of the Atakora Department. The landscape alternates wooded savanna and gallery forests and is drained by seasonal streams typical of the soudano-guinean climatic zone. The commune is bounded by the communes of Tanguiéta, Natitingou, Kouandé and Boukombé.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Toucountouna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
3 mapped locations