Departments of Benin

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 keyDepartmentCapitalCommuniqué du Conseil des Ministres du 22 Juin 2016 | Portail Officiel du Gouvernement Béninois . Gouv.bj (22 June 2016). Retrieved on 2017-01-02. Bénin : liste des 12 nouveaux préfets et des chefs-lieux de départements . Lanouvelletribune.info. Retrieved on 2017-01-02.Population (2013)Area (km2)Benin . Geohive.com. Retrieved on 2017-01-02.Population density (per km2 in 2013)FormerDepartmentRegionSub-Region2AliboriKandi868,04626,24233.1BorgouNorthNorth East1AtakoraNatitingou769,33720,49937.5AtakoraNorthNorth West10AtlantiqueAllada1,396,5483,233432AtlantiqueSouthSouth Centre4BorgouParakou1,202,09525,85646.5BorgouNorthNorth East5CollinesDassa-Zoumé716,55813,93151.4ZouSouthSouth Centre6KouffoAplahoué741,8952,404308.6MonoSouthSouth West3DongaDjougou542,60511,12648.8AtakoraNorthNorth West11LittoralCotonou678,874798,593.3AtlantiqueSouthSouth Centre9MonoLokossa495,3071,605308.6MonoSouthSouth West12OuéméPorto-Novo1,096,8501,281856.2OuéméSouthSouth East8PlateauPobè624,1463,264191.2OuéméSouthSouth East7Zou Abomey851,6235,243162.4ZouSouthSouth Centre

See also Arrondissements of Benin ISO 3166-2:BJ, the ISO codes for the departments of Benin

References

External links

http://www.ambassade-benin.org/article20.html Projections De La Population Du Benin Par Departement