Ouèssè

Also known as Ouesse

Ouèssè is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Collines Department of central Benin.The commune covers an area of 3200 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 141,760 people.

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Settlement.name: Ouèssè
Settlement.settlement_type: Commune and city
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: Collines Department
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Firmin Akpo Ibidon
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.area_total_km2: 3200
Settlement.population_as_of: 2013
Settlement.population_total: 141,760
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities
Settlement.timezone: WAT
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Area: 3200
Elevation: 230

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Ouèssè is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Collines Department of central Benin.The commune covers an area of 3200 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 141,760 people.

== Geography == Ouèssè is located in the northeastern part of the Collines Department. The commune is bounded by the communes of Tchaourou to the north, Savè and Glazoué to the south, Bantè and Bassila to the west, and the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the east. The climate is transitional between Guinean and Sudanian types, with annual rainfall of about 1,100 to 1,200 mm. The terrain includes a peneplain dominated by ferruginous tropical soils and hydromorphic bas‑fonds (lowland wetlands) favourable to rice and market gardening.