Garou

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Garou

Total population

27,638

Coordinates11.80°, 3.48°

Demographic figures from INSAE Benin. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Garou is a town and arrondissement in the Alibori Department of northeastern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Malanville. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population of 16,235.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Alibori

• Bania Fari
  3.9 mi away
• Garou Tédji
  4.3 mi away
• Malanville
  7.5 mi away · pop. 168,000
• Saboungari
  9.4 mi away
• Tabourouga
  10.9 mi away
• Tomboutou
  13.3 mi away
• Gorou-Djindé
  15.3 mi away
• Tanda Tadji
  17 mi away
• Oussoukou
  17.5 mi away
• Guéné
  17.9 mi away
• Issèné
  19.8 mi away
• Birni-Lafia
  21.3 mi away · pop. 17,332

Browse all places in Alibori →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Straw-coloured Fruit Bat

Eidolon helvum

Seen 2026-05-27

West African Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis peralta

Seen 2026-02-01

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Seen 2026-01-18

Spur-winged Lapwing

Vanellus spinosus

Seen 2026-01-18

African Migrant

Catopsilia florella

Seen 2025-06-11

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2025-01-19

Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola

Seen 2025-01-19

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2025-01-19

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Seen 2025-01-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).