Atakora
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| Basic data | |
| Capital : | Natitingou |
| Municipalities : | 9 |
| Area : | 20,459 km² |
| Residents : | 772,262 (2013 census) |
| Population density : | 37.67 inhabitants / km² (2013 census) |
| ISO 3166-2 : | BJ-AK |
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Landscape of the Atakora province north of the Atakora chain .
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Atakora is a department of Benin with the capital Natitingou .
geography
The department is located in the northwest of the country and borders on Burkina Faso in the north, the Donga department in the south, Togo in the west , the Alibori department in the northeast and the Borgou department in the southeast .
population
In the last census in 2013, the department counted 772,262 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups
The largest peoples are the Bariba with 19.1%, the Berba with 14.2%, the Ditamari with 11.0%, the Natemi with 9.9%, the Fulbe with 9.8% and the Otamari with 4.9 % % Of the total population.
religion
In contrast to the other regions of North Benin, followers of Islam are only a minority at 23.9%. Christianity has roughly the same number of members (exactly 24.0%) (including around 82% Catholics). Thus around half of the population still professes traditional creeds.
history
In 1999 the southern part was separated as the Donga Department .
