Map - Ouémé Department (D�partement de l�Ou�m�)

World > Africa > Benin > Ouémé Department

Ouémé Department (D�partement de l�Ou�m�)

Ouémé is one of the twelve departments of Benin. It is subdivided into nine communes, each centered at one of the principal towns, namely, Adjarra, Adjohoun, Aguégués, Akpro-Missérété, Avrankou, Bonou, Dangbo, Porto-Novo and Sèmè-Kpodji. In 1999, the northern section of Ouémé was split off to form the department of Plateau.

Per 2013 census, the total population of the department was 1,100,404 with 534,814 males and 565,590 females. The proportion of women was 51.40 per cent. The total rural population was 37.20 percent, while the urban population was 62.80 per cent. The total labor force in the department was 383,716 out of which 49.50 per cent were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 43.80 and the proportion of households with children attending school was 81.70.

Map - Ouémé Department (D�partement de l�Ou�m�)

Latitude / Longitude : 6° 40' 0" N / 2° 30' 0" E | Time zone : UTC+1 | Currency : XOF | Telephone : 229

Map

Google

Google Earth

Bing

Nokia

OpenStreetMap

Esri.WorldImagery

Esri.WorldStreetMap

OpenStreetMap.Mapnik

OpenStreetMap.HOT

OpenTopoMap

CartoDB.Positron

CartoDB.Voyager

OpenMapSurfer.Roads

Esri.WorldTopoMap

Stamen.TonerLite

Photograph

Geography
Kpayo

Administrative divisions
Ou�m� communes

Ouémé Department

1

Country - Benin

Warning: getimagesize(/Image/Map/MP2395170.gif): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/mapnlee7/public_html/MAPNALL/geoname.php on line 1587


Flag of Benin

Benin (, ; Bénin ), officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin) and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. The majority of its population lives on the small southern coastline of the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean. The capital of Benin is Porto-Novo, but the seat of government is in Cotonou, the country's largest city and economic capital. Benin covers an area of 114,763 km2 and its population in was estimated to be approximately million. Benin is a tropical nation, highly dependent on agriculture. Benin is a big exporter of cotton and palm oil. The substantial employment and income arise from subsistence farming.

The official language of Benin is French. However, indigenous languages such as Fon and Yoruba are commonly spoken. The largest religious group in Benin is Roman Catholicism, followed closely by Islam, Vodun and Protestantism. Benin is a member of the United Nations, the African Union, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone, La Francophonie, the Community of Sahel-Saharan States, the African Petroleum Producers Association and the Niger Basin Authority.

Map - Benin

Currency / Language