Agbangnizoun is a town,
arrondissement
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Europe
France
The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements ...
, and
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Zou Department
Zou is one of the twelve departments of Benin, named for the Zou River which travels through the department before emptying into the Atlantic in the south of the country. The department of Zou was split in two in 1999, with the northern territor ...
of south-western
Benin
Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the nort ...
. The town lies 20 kilometres south-east of
Abomey
Abomey is the capital of the Zou Department of Benin. The commune of Abomey covers an area of 142 square kilometres and, as of 2012, had a population of 90,195 people.
Abomey houses the Royal Palaces of Abomey, a collection of small traditional ...
. The commune covers an area of 244 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 55,001 people.
Geography
Agbangnizoun is located 16 kilometres from
Abomey
Abomey is the capital of the Zou Department of Benin. The commune of Abomey covers an area of 142 square kilometres and, as of 2012, had a population of 90,195 people.
Abomey houses the Royal Palaces of Abomey, a collection of small traditional ...
and 151 kilometres from
Cotonou. It is bounded to the north by
Abomey
Abomey is the capital of the Zou Department of Benin. The commune of Abomey covers an area of 142 square kilometres and, as of 2012, had a population of 90,195 people.
Abomey houses the Royal Palaces of Abomey, a collection of small traditional ...
and
Djidja
Djidja is a town, Arrondissements of Benin, arrondissement, and Communes of Benin, commune in the Zou Department of south-western Benin. The commune covers an area of 2184 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 123,542 people.
Ge ...
, south by
Couffo, east by the communes of
Bohicon
Bohicon or Gbohikon is a city in Benin, and a conurbation of Abomey lying 9 kilometres east of the city on the railway line from Cotonou to Parakou and on Benin's main highway RNIE 2 which joins the RNIE 4. The commune covers an area of 139 squ ...
and
Zogbodomey
Zogbodomey or Zogbodomè is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Zou Department of south-western Benin. The commune covers an area of 600 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 72,338 people.
Administrative divisions
Zogbodo ...
and the west by the town of
Klouékanmè.
Administrative divisions
Agbangnizoun is subdivided into 10 arrondissements; Agbangnizoun,
Adanhoundjigon,
Adingnigon,
Kinta,
Lissazounmè,
Sahè,
Siwé-Kpota,
Siwé-Légo,
Tanvé and
Zoungoudo. They contain 45 villages and 7 city districts.
Economy
Most of the population are engaged in agricultural activities followed by trade, transportation and handicrafts.
6 800,00 hectares of land are devoted to agriculture, accounting for 34.87% of the total population.
The main crops grown are
maize
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,
cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor pe ...
,
sorghum,
cowpeas
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,
peanut
The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, important to both small and ...
s,
cassava
''Manihot esculenta'', commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively cultivated ...
and
potato
The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae.
Wild potato species can be found from the southern Unit ...
.
Settlements
*
Manala
References
{{Zou Department
Communes of Benin
Arrondissements of Benin
Populated places in the Zou Department