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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    consists of Ouémé Department, Plateau Department, Collines Department, Tchaourou commune of Borgou Department, Bassila commune of Donga Department, Ouinhi...
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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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    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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  • 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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    (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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Ekpè (category Populated places in the Ouémé Department)
    Ekpè 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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    /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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  • 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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  • Akpro-Missérété (category Populated places in the Ouémé Department)
    Akpro-Missérété [ak.pʁɔ.mi.se.ʁe.te] is a city, arrondissement, and commune in Ouémé Department, Benin. The commune covers an area of 79 square kilometres and as of...
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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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  • 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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    Katagon (category Populated places in the Ouémé Department)
    Katagon is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Akpro-Missérété...
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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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    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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  • Togbota (category Populated places in the Ouémé Department)
    the commune of Adjohoun in the Ouémé Department of Benin. Agriculture is the main industry lying in the fertile Ouémé River Valley of southern Benin....
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