Ouémé River
The Okpara River is a river of Benin. Originating in Borgou Department, it flows south and becomes the border between Nigeria and Benin before re-entering Benin and flowing into the Ouémé River, which ultimately drains into the Atlantic Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Fawaz.tairou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Fawaz.tairou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Benin and Nigeria, tributary of Ouémé River
- Also known as: “Ofé”, “Ofoué”, “Okpara”, “Okpara river”, “Okpara River”, “Oueme”, “Ouo”, “Ueme”, “Weme”, and “Wemi River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguégués and Aholouyèmè.
Aguégués
Aguégués is a town in Southern Benin. Aguégués is a lakeside community made up of submersible earth islands in the lower part of the Ouémé River. It extends for 103 km. Every year from July to November, the entire community is flooded.Aholouyèmè
Town
Aholouyèmè is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Sèmè-Kpodji.
Houédomè
Village
Houédomè is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Aguegues. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population of 8309. Houédomè is situated 4½ km north of Ouémé River.
Ouémé River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Benin, West Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Ouémé River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Okpara”
- Cebuano: “Ouémé”
- Chinese: “奥克帕腊河”
- Croatian: “Okpara (rijeka)”
- Croatian: “Okpara”
- Dutch: “Okpara”
- French: “Okpara”
- German: “Okpara”
- Hausa: “Kogin Okpara”
- Igala: “Aji Okpara”
- Igbo: “Okpara river”
- Igbo: “Okpara River”
- Igbo: “Okpara”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Okpara”
- Irish: “Abhainn Okpara”
- Northern Frisian: “Okpara Struum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Okpara”
- Swedish: “Ouémé”
- Uzbek: “Okpara daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Okpara”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kétonou and Zoungamè.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lagune de Porto-Novo and Sèmè-Podji.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ouémé River”. Photo: Fawaz.tairou, CC BY-SA 4.0.