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Dangbo
Commune and city
DangboLocation in Benin
Coordinates: 6°30′N 2°41′E / 6.500°N 2.683°E / 6.500; 2.683
Country	Benin
Department	Ouémé Department
Area
• Total	130 sq mi (340 km)
Population
• Total	66,055
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Dangbo [dɑ̃ŋ.bo] is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Ouémé Department of south-eastern Benin.The commune covers an area of 340 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 66,055 people. Dangbo is the site of Benin's Institute for Mathematics and Physical Sciences.

History

Dangbo is inhabited by the Wéménou people who constitute the bulk of its population. The Wéménou are an ethnic group that can be found today in the former administrative subdivision of Adjohoun, then stretching from Damey-Wogon to Gbodjè (Aguégués). It was split in 1978 into four (04) administrative districts which are: Bonou, Adjohoun, Dangbo, Aguégués. These populations lead a life punctuated by the presence of the Ouémé river, and share a common set of linguistic signs called Wémégbé. They are refugees made up of composite groups from the east: the Yoruba (the Tosso, the Glô, the Fênou, the Kénou, the Fongninou from the West, the Hounhouênou, the Houêdonou, and the Houédo-Sadonou from Fon-Adja language, from the North-West: the very important group of Wéménou proper descendant of an emblematic ancestor: Togbo-Hounsou who came to the Ouémé River Basin following their unexpected defeat in the hands of the soldiers of the Kingdom of Dahomey.

References

1. "Dangbo". Atlas Monographique des Communes du Benin. Archived from the original on May 9, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
2. "Communes of Benin". Statoids. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2010.

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v t e Communes of Benin
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Borgou Department	Bembèrèkè Kalalè N'Dali Nikki Parakou Pèrèrè Sinendé Tchaourou
Collines Department	Bantè Dassa-Zoumè Glazoué Ouèssè Savalou Savè
Donga Department	Bassila Copargo Djougou Ouaké
Kouffo Department	Aplahoué Djakotomey Dogbo-Tota Klouékanmè Lalo Toviklin
Littoral Department	Cotonou
Mono Department	Athiémè Bopa Comé Grand-Popo Houéyogbé Lokossa
Ouémé Department	Adjarra Adjohoun Aguégués Akpro-Missérété Avrankou Bonou Dangbo Porto-Novo Sèmè-Kpodji
Plateau Department	Ifangni Adja-Ouèrè Kétou Pobè Sakété
Zou Department	Abomey Agbangnizoun Bohicon Covè Djidja Ouinhi Za-Kpota Zagnanado Zogbodomey

v t e Arrondissements of the Ouémé Department
Adjarra	Adjarra I Adjarra II Aglogbé Honvié Malanhoui Médédjonou
Adjohoun	Adjohoun Akpadanou Awonou Azowlissè Dèmè Gangban Kodè Togbota
Aguégués	Avagbodji Houédomè Zoungamè
Akpro-Missérété	Akpro-Missérété Gomè-Sota Katagon Vakon Zoungbomè
Avrankou	Atchoukpa Avrankou Djomon Gbozounmè Kouty Ouanho Sado
Bonou	Affamè Atchonsa Bonou Damè-Wogon Houinviguè
Dangbo	Dangbo Dékin Gbéko Houédomey Hozin Késsounou Zounguè
Porto-Novo	1st arrondissement 2nd arrondissement 3rd arrondissement 4th arrondissement 5th arrondissement
Sèmè-Kpodji	Agblangandan Aholouyèmè Djrègbè Ekpè Sèmè-Kpodji Tohouè

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