Sam
Sam is a town and arrondissement in the Alibori Department of northeastern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Kandi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 22,800 residents
- Description: arrondissement and town in Alibori Department, Benin
- Also known as: “Sam, Benin”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sonsoro.
Sonsoro
Village
Sonsoro is a town and arrondissement in the Alibori Department of northeastern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Kandi, and is located about 20 kilometres southwest of the main communal town. Sonsoro is situated 7 km north of Sam.
Sam
- Categories: arrondissement of Benin and locality
- Location: Sam Arrondissement, Kandi, Alibori Department, Benin, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
11.03183° or 11° 1′ 55″ northLongitude
2.73673° or 2° 44′ 12″ eastPopulation
22,800Elevation
286 metres (938 feet)Open location code
7F342PJP+PMOpenStreetMap ID
node 2794185064OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2391990Wikidata ID
Q3946319
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sam”
- Dutch: “Sam, Benin”
- French: “Sam”
- German: “Sam (Benin)”
- German: “Sam”
- Irish: “Sam, Beinin”
- Italian: “Sam”
- Malay: “Sam, Benin”
- Swedish: “Sam, Benin”
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