Place:Atakora, Benin

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NameAtakora
Alt namesAtakora Department
Atacorasource: Britannica Book of the Year (1998) p 557
Atakorasource: Wikipedia
Atakora provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeProvince
Coordinates10.0°N 1.583°E
Located inBenin
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Bassila
Batia
Birni
Boukombé
Boukoumbé
Djougou
Kouandé
Kérou
Natitingou
Porga
Péhonko
Tanguiéta
Tobré
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Atakora is the northwesternmost department of Benin. Externally it borders Togo to the west and Burkina Faso to the north; internally it borders the departments of Alibori, Borgou and Donga. Major towns in the Atakora include Natitingou and Tanguiéta, and the major tourist areas include the Tata Somba houses, Pendjari National Park, and various waterfalls. The department of Atakora was bifurcated in 1999, with its southern territory removed to form the newly created Donga Department. The capital of Atakora Department is Natitingou; it is after the Atakora Mountains.

, the total population of the department was 772,262, with 380,448 males and 391,814 females. The proportion of women was 50.70%. The total rural population was 62.80%, while the urban population was 37.20%. The total labour force in the department was 170,333, of which 27.20% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 72.80%.

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