Sèmè-Kpodji

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Sèmè-Kpodji

Elevation43 m

Land area250 km²

Coordinates6.38°, 2.60°

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

City facts

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Overview

Sèmè-Kpodji is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Ouémé Department of south-eastern Benin. The commune covers an area of 250 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 222,701 people. The port of Sèmè is home to the oil terminal of the Niger–Benin Oil Pipeline, the longest pipeline in Africa.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Antoine Ganyé

Beninese catholic archbishop

Adam al-Ilory

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Flavien Gbéto

Beninois linguist

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Robert Dossou

Beninese politician

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Dorothée Lima

newspaper editor in French Dahomey

R

Robert Gbian

Beninese politician

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Richard Adjaho

Beninese politician

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Abdou Serpos Tidjani

Beninois historian

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Nel Oliver

Benin musician

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Expédit Montcho

Beninese boxer

Marie-José Crespin

Senegalese magistrate (1936–2025)

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Têtêvi Godwin Tété-Adjalogo

Togolese politician

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