Parakou

E934677
city commune

Parakou is a major city in central Benin that serves as an important commercial and transportation hub for the surrounding region.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Parakou area 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
commune ⓘ
administrativeStatus commune with special status in Benin ⓘ
capitalOf Borgou Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
coordinateLocation 9.34°N 2.63°E ⓘ
country Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryCallingCode +229 ⓘ
distanceFromCapital about 400 km north of Cotonou ⓘ
economicActivity agricultural products marketing ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transport services ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bariba people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fon people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yoruba people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHospital Centre Hospitalier Départemental du Borgou NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMarket large central market ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding churches ⓘ
mosques ⓘ
hasTransportInfrastructure Parakou Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
major road junctions ⓘ
railway station ⓘ
hasUniversity Université de Parakou NERFINISHED ⓘ
is important transportation hub in Benin ⓘ
major commercial hub in Benin ⓘ
localLanguage Bariba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yoruba NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Borgou Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion central Benin ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
population over 200000 inhabitants ⓘ
postalCode BP Parakou ⓘ
railConnectedTo Cotonou NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
roadConnectedTo Cotonou NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malanville NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Benin ⓘ
roadNetworkRole gateway between southern and northern Benin ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset +1 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode BK NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Borgu region → hasPart → Parakou ⓘ
Bariba → majorCountryCapitalRegion → Parakou ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parakou area