Gogounou

Gogounou
Gogounou
Commune, arrondissement and city
	Gogounou Location in Benin
	Coordinates: 10°50′19″N 2°50′10″E / 10.83861°N 2.83611°E
Country	Benin
Department	Alibori Department
Area
• Total	4,910 km2 (1,900 sq mi)
Elevation	305 m (1,001 ft)
Population (2013 census)
• Total	117,793
• Density	24.0/km2 (62.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Postal address	BP: 07
Area code	(+223) 23

Gogounou [gɔ.gu.nu] is a town, arrondissement and commune in the Alibori Department of Benin, about 35 kilometres south of Kandi. The commune covers an area of 4910 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 117,793 people.^[1]^[2]

Geography

Gogounou is located 71 kilometres (44 miles) from Kandi and 628 kilometres from Cotonou. It is bounded to the north by the communes of Kandi and Banikoara, south by Bembéréké and Sinendé, west with Kérou and to east by Ségbana.

Administrative divisions

Gogounou is subdivided into 6 arrondissements; Gogounou, Bagou, Gounarou, Ouara, Sori and Zoungou-Pantrossi. They contain 34 villages and 4 urban districts.^[1]

Economy

Most of the population are engaged in agricultural activities followed by trade, transportation and handicrafts. 29 980,00 hectares of land are devoted to agriculture, accounting for 9.96% of the total land area.^[1] The main crops grown are maize, cotton, sorghum, and yams.^[1]

As of May 2009, Gogounou has five hours of electricity per night from 7 pm until midnight. The two primary sources of water in Gogounou are wells and foot powered pumps. The town of Gogounou has a post office, faxed telephone line service, and four cellular communication services available as of August 2009. These are Bell Benin (BBcom), Global Com (Glo), MTN and Moov. Networks with GSM enabled networks that can provide internet access through mobile devices.

Education

The town of Gogounou has at least two public primary schools, one Catholic private primary school, and one secondary school. The secondary school is known as CEG Gogounou and has 754 male and 626 female students as of January 2010. There are 37 primary schools within the entire commune.

References

1 2 3 4 "Gogounou". Atlas Monographique des Communes du Benin. Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
↑ "Communes of Benin". Statoids. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2010.

[Atlasbenin-1] 1 2 3 4 "Gogounou". Atlas Monographique des Communes du Benin. Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved January 5, 2010.

[2] "Communes of Benin". Statoids. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2010.

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Gogounou
Commune, arrondissement and city
Gogounou Location in Benin
Coordinates: 10°50′19″N 2°50′10″E / 10.83861°N 2.83611°E / 10.83861; 2.83611
Country	Benin
Department	Alibori Department
Area
• Total	4,910 km² (1,900 sq mi)
Elevation	305 m (1,001 ft)
Population (2013 census)
• Total	117,793
• Density	24.0/km² (62.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Postal address	BP: 07
Area code	(+223) 23