In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Kouffo Department is referenced by 163 other articles, and connects out to Ayizo, Islam and Benin.
The entry is geolocated on the map in adm1st.
It is catalogued under topics including 1999 establishments in Benin, Departments of Benin and Kouffo Department.
Its subject is documented across 44 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Benin
- Capital
- Aplahoué
- Total
- 2,404 km (928 sq mi)
- Density
- 308.6/km (799.3/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( WAT )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- department of Benin
- Country
- Benin
- Located in
- Benin
- Contains
- Toviklin
- Capital
- Dogbo-Tota
- Population
- 741895
- Area
- 2404
- Elevation
- 130
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Mono Department
- Official website
- www.gouv.bj/content/le-departement-du-couffo
Show 5 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Kouffo Department
- inception
- 1999-00-00
- Commons category
- Couffo Department
- language used
- Kotafon
- native label
- Couffo
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Couffo or Kouffo [ku.fo] is one of the twelve departments of Benin. Couffo borders the country of Togo and the departments of Mono, Zou and Atlantique. Since 2008, the department's capital has been Aplahoué. The department of Kouffo was created in 1999 when it was split off from Mono Department.
As of 2013, the total population of the department was 745,328, with 348,574 males and 396,754 females. The proportion of women was 53.20%. The total rural population was 72.20%, while the urban population was 27.80%. The total labour force in the department was 208,974, of which 52.60% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 68.60%.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kouffo Department” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.