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Cotonou (French pronunciation:; Fon: Kútɔ̀nú) [2] is the largest city in Benin. Its official population count was 679,012 inhabitants in 2012; however, over two million people live in the larger urban area.
The coup d'état of October 26, 1972, which brought Commander Mathieu Kérékou to power and through which Dahomey became the People's Republic of Benin, froze the launch of television, which the commander considered as a tool intended for privileged people, not compatible with its democratic and popular policy which aims to guarantee the ...
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 ...
Ouémé is one of the twelve departments of Benin, containing the capital of the country Porto Novo, named for the Ouémé River. It is subdivided into nine communes, each centred at one of the principal towns: Adjarra, Adjohoun, Aguégués, Akpro-Missérété, Avrankou, Bonou, Dangbo, Porto-Novo and Sèmè-Kpodji.
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 ...
The Catholic Church in Benin is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. In 2023, more than half of all Christians in the Republic of Benin are Roman Catholic. [1] In 2020, there were an estimated 3.9 million baptised Catholics in Benin, or about 32% of the population, in ten dioceses and ...
Bishops of Porto Novo (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order Bishop Aristide Gonsallo: 24 October 2015 – Present; Bishop René-Marie Ehuzu, C.I.M.: 3 January 2007 – 17 October 2012; Bishop Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton: 29 January 2000 – 5 March 2005, appointed Archbishop of Cotonou
Metropolitan Archbishops of Cotonou, in reverse chronological order Roger Houngbédji: 25 June 2016 – present [2] Antoine Ganyé : 21 August 2010 – 25 June 2016; formerly bishop of Dassa-Zoume, Benin; Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton: 5 March 2005 – 21 August 2010; Nestor Assogba: 29 October 1999 – 5 March 2005