Djougou
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Department : | Donga | |
Height : | 428 m above sea level NN | |
Area : | 3,966 km² | |
Residents : | 94,773 (2013) | |
Population density : | 24 inhabitants per km² | |
Street scene Djougou |
Djougou is a city in northwest Benin , about 40 kilometers from the border with Togo . It is the capital of the Donga department and in 2013 was the sixth largest city in the country with almost 95,000 people.
religion
The city is the seat of the Diocese of Djougou, founded in 1995 . The largest religious group are the Muslims, who make up about 72 percent of the population. Between eight and ten percent are supporters of the Roman Catholic Church , around three percent of Protestantism . Around seven percent follow indigenous religions.
traffic
Several important main roads cross in Djougou. The international routes RNIE3 from Burkina Faso to the south and RNIE6 from Togo to Nigeria run through the city . Djougou airport is close to the city .
Town twinning
The twin town of Djougou is the French city of Évreux in Normandy .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ République du Bénin . Accessed April 9, 2015.
- ^ Diocese of Djougou . Accessed April 9, 2015.
- ↑ Djougou ( Memento from April 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed April 9, 2016.
- ^ Evreux website , accessed September 28, 2019