Banikoara
Sign in to saveBanikoara is a town, arrondissement and commune located in the Alibori Department of Benin. It lies 69 kilometers west of Kandi at the heart of the most productive cotton-growing region in Benin. Its name is a Europeanized version of a Bariba phrase meaning "Bani's town", and honors its founder, Bani Gansé.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Banikoara
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune, arrondissement 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
- Alibori Department
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 4383
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_total
- 248621
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_metro
- 28402
- Settlement.population_density_metro_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 300
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal address
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Banikoara is a town, arrondissement and commune located in the Alibori Department of Benin. It lies 69 kilometers west of Kandi at the heart of the most productive cotton-growing region in Benin. Its name is a Europeanized version of a Bariba phrase meaning "Bani's town", and honors its founder, Bani Gansé.
Banikoara, like many areas of Benin, is home to a constituent monarchy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Banikoara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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