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Within Vinony's link graph, Kandi is referenced by 158 other articles, and connects out to Porto-Novo, Alibori Department and Ile Ife.
The entry is geolocated on the map in BJ.
It sits within the topics Communes in Yorubaland, Communes of Benin and Populated places in the Alibori Department.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Benin
- Department
- Alibori Department
- Total
- 3,421 km (1,321 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 288 m (945 ft)
- Density
- 51.94/km (134.5/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( WAT )
- Postal address
- BP: 30
- Area code
- (+229) 23
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 179290
- Area
- 3421
- Elevation
- 303
- Households
- 23247
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Kandi (commune)
- male population
- 88998
- female population
- 90292
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Kandi [kɑ̃.di] is a town, arrondissement and commune in the Alibori Department of eastern Benin. Originally a market town, Kandi is now primarily a farming centre. It lies on the nation's main north-south highway, 650 km (400 mi) from Cotonou and 523 km (325 mi) north of Porto-Novo. The town is the capital of the department of Alibori. The commune covers an area of 3,421 km (1,321 sq mi) and as of 2013 had a population of 177,683 people. The town itself had a population of 27,227 in 2002.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kandi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.