Ouinhi
Sign in to saveOuinhi is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Zou Department of south-western Benin. The commune covers an area of 483 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 59,381 people. It is bounded on the north-west by the commune of Zagnanado, south-west by the commune of Zogbodomey, south by the commune of Bonou and east by the commune of Adja-Ouèrè. The commune is divided into arrondissements which include Dasso, Ouinhi, and Tohu, comprising 28 villages.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 4 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Arrondissements of Benin, Communes in Yorubaland and Communes of Benin.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ouinhi
- 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
- Zou Department
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Jonas Babatoundé Houessou
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 483
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013
- Settlement.population_total
- 59381
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Benin
- Country
- Benin
- Located in
- Zou Department
- Area
- 483
- Elevation
- 56
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- Ouinhi
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Encyclopedic overview
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Ouinhi is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Zou Department of south-western Benin. The commune covers an area of 483 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 59,381 people. It is bounded on the north-west by the commune of Zagnanado, south-west by the commune of Zogbodomey, south by the commune of Bonou and east by the commune of Adja-Ouèrè. The commune is divided into arrondissements which include Dasso, Ouinhi, and Tohu, comprising 28 villages.
The arrondissements of Ouinhi and Dasso were struck hard by the 2008 Benin floods in July 2008, tearing down mud and straw homes and infrastructure and polluting rivers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ouinhi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
4 mapped locations