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The Autonomous Port of Cotonou is one of the largest in West Africa. The city is connected to Parakou in the north by the Benin-Niger railway. Cotonou International Airport provides service to the capitals of the region and to France, as well as the major cities of Benin: Parakou, Kandi, Natitingou, Djougou, and Savé.
Porto-Novo (Portuguese for 'New Port', Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu ˈnovu], French pronunciation: [pɔʁtɔnɔvo]; Yoruba: Àjàṣẹ́; Fon: Xɔ̀gbónù; also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe) is the capital and second-largest city of Benin. The commune covers an area of 110 square kilometres (42 sq mi) and as of 2002 had a population of ...
Map of Benin. The following is a list of cities in Benin according to the 2013 census: [1] ... Cotonou - 679,012; Porto-Novo - 264,320; Parakou - 255,478; Abomey ...
The average number of families per house was 1.2 and the average number of persons per room was 2.1. The total labour force in the department was 383,716, of which 49.50% 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%.
Cardinal Bernadin Gantin International Airport (formerly known as Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport) (IATA: COO, ICAO: DBBB) is an airport in the Cadjehoun neighborhood of Cotonou, the largest city in Benin, in West Africa. The airport is the largest in the country, and the primary entry point into the country by air, with flights to Africa and Europe.
The Cotonou wharf narrow gauge railway in Dahomey (Benin). In common with many other former French colonial states, the usual track gauge in Benin is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge. However, a number of narrow gauge railways have also operated historically, using 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) gauge.
Abomey - junction on former 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) Zagnanado narrow gauge line; Zagnanado - branch terminus on former Zagnanado narrow gauge line; Hévé - branch terminus on former Mono narrow gauge line (station intact, but line lifted)
1 Cotonou and suburbs. ... 1.5 Places of worship. 1.6 Universities and education. 1.7 Other. 2 Parakou. 3 Porto-Novo. 4 ... This is a list of notable buildings and ...