Boukoumbé
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Boukoumbé (), or colloquially Boukombé (), is a commune of Atakora Department in northwestern Benin, on the border with Togo. It consists of 71 villages and urban districts organised into 7 arrondissements (including an arrondissement also named Boukoumbé). The commune is ethnically and religiously diverse, with the indigenous Somba people known for their unique traditional dwellings and cultural celebrations.
Key facts
- Settlement.other_name
- Boukombé
- Settlement.official_name
- Boukoumbé
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Boukoumbé-Rue (2).jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Benin
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- top
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- Location in Benin
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- Country
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- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Atakora Department
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1036
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 83147
- Settlement.population_density_metro_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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- Area
- 1036
- Elevation
- 229
- Image
- Boukoumbé-Rue (2).jpg
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Boukoumbé (), or colloquially Boukombé (), is a commune of Atakora Department in northwestern Benin, on the border with Togo. It consists of 71 villages and urban districts organised into 7 arrondissements (including an arrondissement also named Boukoumbé). The commune is ethnically and religiously diverse, with the indigenous Somba people known for their unique traditional dwellings and cultural celebrations.
== Geography == The commune covers an area of 1,036 square kilometres and is situated less than 50 km southwest of Natitingou, the departmental capital. It borders the country of Togo to the west and south, and the communes of Tanguiéta and Natitingou to the north and east, respectively.
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