Ouémé [we.me] is one of the twelve departments of Benin, containing the capital of the country Porto Novo, named for the Ouémé River. It is subdivided...
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Ouémé may refer to: Ouémé Department, one of the twelve departments of Benin Ouémé River, a river in the countries of Benin and Nigeria This disambiguation...
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Tohouè is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Sèmè-Kpodji. According...
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found in Lagos and Ogun State regions of southwestern Nigeria, and Ouémé Department in the southeast of the Republic of Benin, who speak the Gun language...
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of 2,835 square kilometres (1,095 sq mi) when it was split off from Ouémé Department. Plateau is subdivided into five communes, each centred at one of the...
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(French: Grande Mosquee de Porto-Novo) is a mosque in Porto-Novo, Ouémé Department, Benin. The construction of the mosque started in 1912 and completed...
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2016[full citation needed]). The lower Delta of Ouémé begins after municipality of Adjohoun in the department of Ouémé and ends at the south facade where the river...
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varieties, as well as to the Maxi and Weme (Ouémé) languages. It is used in some schools in the Ouémé Department of Benin. Gun is the second most spoken language...
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Arrondissements of Benin (section Ouémé Department)
Arrondissements are administrative units of Benin, after departments and communes. In turn they contain villages and may often have several quartiers...
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payment Second Franco-Dahomean War (1892–1894) Location: Ouémé Department and Zou Department of modern Benin Battle of Abomey France Dahomey French victory...
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consists of Ouémé Department, Plateau Department, Collines Department, Tchaourou commune of Borgou Department, Bassila commune of Donga Department, Ouinhi...
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David Kiki (category People from Ouémé Department)
Enagnon David Kiki (born 25 November 1993) is a Beninese professional footballer who plays for Liga I side FCSB and the Benin national team. A left-sided...
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Porto-Novo (category Populated places in the Ouémé Department)
April 12, 2018. Retrieved 2023-02-18. Sappho Charney (1996). "Porto-Novo (Oueme, Benin)". In Noelle Watson (ed.). International Dictionary of Historic Places:...
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Faissol Gnonlonfin (category People from Ouémé Department)
Faissol Fahad Bolade Gnonlonfin (born 1985) is a Beninese film director and producer. Gnonlonfin was born in the village of Hozin in Western Benin and...
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and Kouffo Department in the west, Zou in the north, and Ouémé in the east. The department of Atlantique was bifurcated in 1999 when some of its territories...
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Bonou (category Populated places in the Ouémé Department)
Bonou [bɔ.nu] is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Ouémé Department of south-eastern Benin. The commune covers an area of 275 square kilometres...
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in the commune of Adjohoun in the Ouémé Department of Benin. Agriculture is the main industry of the fertile Ouémé River valley in the area. During the...
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Steve Glodjinon (category People from Ouémé Department)
Steve Glodjinon (born 18 December 1993) is a Beninese international footballer who plays for JA Cotonou, as a goalkeeper. "Steve Glodjinon". worldfootball...
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72.90%. Zou Department borders Collines Department to the north, Plateau Department to the east, Ouémé Department and Atlantique Department to the south...
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Rodrigue Fassinou (category People from Ouémé Department)
Rodrigue Yves Fassinou (born 22 May 1999) is a Beninese international footballer who plays for ASPAC, as a midfielder. In May 2019, he was named in Benin's...
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Francis Agbo (category People from Ouémé Department)
Francis Agbo (15 January 1958 – 11 November 2023) was a French athlete who specialised in the high jump. Agbo competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He...
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/present) (NSM in Ghana) Wémè Kingdom (17th century–18th century AD) (Ouémé Department of Benin) Hogbonu Kingdom (17th century–1863/1908/present AD) (NSM...
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-20. "Lower Ouémé Valley". UNESCO World Heritage Centre (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-20...
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Littoral (Benin) (redirect from Littoral Department, Benin)
by far the lowest of any department in the country. Littoral Department borders Ouémé Department and Atlantique Department and is situated in a coastal...
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Adjarra (category Populated places in the Ouémé Department)
Adjarra [a.dʒa.ʁa] is a town and commune in Ouémé Department, Benin.The commune covers an area of 112 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population...
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Sèmè-Kpodji (category Populated places in the Ouémé Department)
Sèmè-Kpodji [sɛ.mɛ.kpɔ.dʒi] is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Ouémé Department of south-eastern Benin. The commune covers an area of 250 square kilometres...
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Joplin, Missouri/Pittsburg, Kansas Kodè, an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin Kode, the ancient Egyptian name for Kizzuwatna, an Anatolian...
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Fon and French into war. In March 1889, Dahomey attacked a village on the Ouémé where the chief was under the protection of the French. After remarking...
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Joseph Keke (category People from Ouémé Department)
Joseph Adjignon Keke (5 December 1927 – 1 July 2017) was a Beninese politician. Joseph Adjignon Keke was officially born on 5 December 1927 in Avrankou...
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middle ages nobility, Netherlands Weme Province, old English name of Ouémé Department, Benin Weme, old spelling of Weem, Perthshire Weme, Minnesota Weme...
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