Gogounou 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]
Gogounou is located 71 kilometres 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.
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.
Educationedit
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.
Referencesedit
^ abcd. Atlas Monographique des Communes du Benin. Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
^. Statoids. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
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gogounou, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2012, learn. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Gogounou news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message Gogounou 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 GogounouCommune arrondissement and cityGogounouLocation in BeninCoordinates 10 50 19 N 2 50 10 E 10 83861 N 2 83611 E 10 83861 2 83611Country BeninDepartmentAlibori DepartmentArea Total4 910 km2 1 900 sq mi Elevation305 m 1 001 ft Population 2013 census Total117 793 Density24 km2 62 sq mi Time zoneUTC 1 WAT Postal addressBP 07Area code 223 23 Contents 1 Geography 2 Administrative divisions 3 Economy 4 Education 5 ReferencesGeography editGogounou is located 71 kilometres from Kandi and 628 kilometres from Cotonou It is bounded to the north by the communes of Kandi and Banikoara south by Bembereke and Sinende west with Kerou and to east by Segbana Administrative divisions editGogounou is subdivided into 6 arrondissements Gogounou Bagou Gounarou Ouara Sori and Zoungou Pantrossi They contain 34 villages and 4 urban districts 1 Economy editMost 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 editThe 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 edit a b c d 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gogounou amp oldid 1092414915, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
