Djidja is a town,

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, and

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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

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. The commune covers an area of 2184 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 123,542 people.

Geography

Djidja (Djomla) is located 24 kilometres northeast 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 ...

and 163 kilometres from Cotonou. It is bounded to the southwest by Couffo, east by the communes of Za-Kpota and

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and the north by Collines. A main road passes from south to north, but it is hardly passable during the rainy season forcing all users to comply with an average speed of safety of about 40 km / hour (about 25 minutes travel from Abomey). Djidja is cosmopolitan and has a population of 84,590 inhabitants spread over an area of 2184km ².

Administrative divisions

Djidja is subdivided into 12 arrondissements; Djidja,

Agondji Agondji is an arrondissement in the Zou department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Djidja. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin An ins ...

Agouna Agouna is an arrondissement in the Zou department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Djidja. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin An inst ...

Dan Dan or DAN may refer to: People * Dan (name), including a list of people with the name ** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark * Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa **Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoi ...

Dohouimè Dohouimè is an arrondissement in the Zou department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Djidja. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin An ...

, Gobé,

Oungbègamè Oungbègamè is an arrondissement in the Zou department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Djidja. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin A ...

Monsourou Monsourou is an arrondissement in the Zou department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Djidja. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin An i ...

Mougnon Mougnon is an arrondissement in the Zou department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Djidja. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin An ins ...

Outo Outo is an arrondissement in the Zou department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Djidja. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin An instit ...

Setto Setto is a town and arrondissement in the Djidja commune of the Zou Department of Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West A ...

, Zoukou. They contain 64 villages and 11 city districts.

Economy

90% of the population are engaged in agricultural activities followed by trade, transportation and handicrafts. 147 300,00 hectares of land are devoted to agriculture, accounting for 38.76% of the total population. The main crops grown are

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s, yams and

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References

{{Zou Department Communes of Benin Arrondissements of Benin Populated places in the Zou Department