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Bohicon

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Bohicon

Total population

170,000

Coordinates7.18°, 2.07°

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Overview

Bohicon or Gbɔ̀xikɔn is a city in Benin, and a conurbation of Abomey lying 9 kilometres east on the railway line from Cotonou to Parakou, and on Benin's main highway RNIE 2 which joins the RNIE 4. The commune covers an area of 139 square kilometres and as of 2012 had a population of 149,271 people.

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Geography

Latitude
7.1816
Longitude
2.0696
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Sources

  • Wikipedia
  • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image