Bantè is a town,

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, and commune in 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 ...

. It is located in the former

Zou Province Zou or ZOU may refer to: Places * Zou (state), Chinese state that existed during the Zhou Dynasty * Zou, Ivory Coast, town and sub-prefecture in Ivory Coast * Zou Department of Benin * Zou River of Benin * Zoucheng, formerly Zou County, in Jining, ...

of which since 1999 is part of the

Collines Department Collines is one of the twelve departments of Benin, located in the centre of the country; its name means "''hills''" in French. The department of Collines was created in 1999 when it was split off from Zou Department. In 2016, the city of Dassa- ...

. The commune covers an area of 2695 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 106,945 people. The majority of the population is ethnically Nago specifically of the

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subgroup, who themselves are a subgroup of the

Yoruba The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba consti ...

. It is famous for the art exhibition Nago Hunters of the Bante Kingdom by Jean-Dominique Burton.

Towns and villages

Settlements in the commune of Bantè include: * Abidzi

Arrondissements

The nine Arrondissements in the commune of Bantè are: * Agoua *

Akpassi Akpassi is a town and arrondissement in the Collines Department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Bantè. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Be ...

* Atokoligbe * Bante * Bobè * Gouka * Koko * Lougba *

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Notable people

Cudjoe Lewis Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis ( – July 17, 1935), born Oluale Kossola, and also known as Cudjo Lewis, was the third to last adult survivor of the Atlantic slave trade between Africa and the United States. Together with 115 other African captives, he was ...

, the third to last known survivor of the

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between Africa and the

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, was born in Bantè in 1841.

References

Communes of Benin Populated places in the Collines Department Communes in Yorubaland {{CollinesDepartment-geo-stub