Kouandé
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Kouandé is a town, arrondissement and commune, located in the Atakora Department of Benin.The commune covers an area of 4500 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 112,014 people. The main town had an estimated 7,127 people in 2008.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kouandé
- 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
- Sanni Didier Kouandé-Sounon
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 4500
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 112014
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_density_metro_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 436
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Kouandé is a town, arrondissement and commune, located in the Atakora Department of Benin.The commune covers an area of 4500 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 112,014 people. The main town had an estimated 7,127 people in 2008.
Kouandé, like many areas of Benin, is home to a constituent monarchy. The monarchy, once part of the Borgu federation, has existed since at least the 18th century. The town is also populated by the Bariba people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kouandé” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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