Departments of Benin
Département du Bénin (French)

Category| Unitary State
Location| Republic of Benin
Number| 12
Populations| 495,307 (Mono) – 1,396,548 (Atlantique)
Areas| 80 km2 (31 sq mi) (Littoral) – 26,240 km2 (10,132 sq mi) (Alibori)
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Benin is divided into 12 departments (French: départements), and subdivided into 77 communes (see Communes of Benin). In 1999, the previous six departments were each split into two halves, forming the current 12. Each of the six new departments was assigned a capital in 2008.

Map key  | Department  | Capital[1]

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| Population (2013)  | Area (km2)[3] | Population density

(per km2 in 2013)

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Department  | Region  | Sub-Region

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2  | Alibori | Kandi | 868,046  | 26,242  | 33.1  | Borgou  | North  | North East
1  | Atakora | Natitingou | 769,337  | 20,499  | 37.5  | Atakora  | North  | North West
10  | Atlantique | Allada | 1,396,548  | 3,233  | 432  | Atlantique  | South  | South Centre
4  | Borgou | Parakou | 1,202,095  | 25,856  | 46.5  | Borgou  | North  | North East
5  | Collines | Dassa-Zoumé | 716,558  | 13,931  | 51.4  | Zou  | South  | South Centre
6  | Kouffo | Aplahoué | 741,895  | 2,404  | 308.6  | Mono  | South  | South West
3  | Donga | Djougou | 542,605  | 11,126  | 48.8  | Atakora  | North  | North West
11  | Littoral | Cotonou | 678,874  | 79  | 8,593.3  | Atlantique  | South  | South Centre
9  | Mono | Lokossa | 495,307  | 1,605  | 308.6  | Mono  | South  | South West
12  | Ouémé | Porto-Novo | 1,096,850  | 1,281  | 856.2  | Ouémé  | South  | South East
8  | Plateau | Pobè | 624,146  | 3,264  | 191.2  | Ouémé  | South  | South East
7  | Zou | Abomey | 851,623  | 5,243  | 162.4  | Zou  | South  | South Centre

## See also

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* Communes of Benin
* Arrondissements of Benin
* ISO 3166-2:BJ, the ISO codes for the departments of Benin.

## References

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1. ^ Communiqué du Conseil des Ministres du 22 Juin 2016 | Portail Officiel du Gouvernement Béninois Archived 2019-01-25 at the Wayback Machine. Gouv.bj (22 June 2016). Retrieved on 2017-01-02.
2. ^ Bénin : liste des 12 nouveaux préfets et des chefs-lieux de départements Archived 2016-11-20 at the Wayback Machine. Lanouvelletribune.info. Retrieved on 2017-01-02.
3. ^ Benin Archived 2016-08-28 at the Wayback Machine. Geohive.com. Retrieved on 2017-01-02.

## External links

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* "Departments of Benin". Statoids.
* (in French) http://www.ambassade-benin.org/article20.html
* (in French) Projections De La Population Du Benin Par Departement

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Departments of Benin

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