Glazoué
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Glazoué is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Collines Department of central Benin. It is located on the railway line from Cotonou to Parakou. The commune covers an area of 1350 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 124,431 people.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Glazoué
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and city
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Benin
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 200
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Benin
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Collines Department
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Gilles Houndolo
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1350
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_total
- 124,431
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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- Area
- 1350
- Elevation
- 151
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- Glazoué
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Glazoué is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Collines Department of central Benin. It is located on the railway line from Cotonou to Parakou. The commune covers an area of 1350 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 124,431 people.
== Geography == Glazoué lies approximately 234 km north of Cotonou, within the Collines department. It is bordered to the north by the communes of Ouèssè and Bassila, to the south by Dassa-Zoumè, to the east by Savè, and to the west by Bantè and Savalou. The terrain features a mix of low plateaux and hills (up to ~350-450 m elevation), with rivers and small bas-fonds that support agriculture and rice cultivation.
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