Lake Nokoué
Lake Nokoué is a lake in the southern part of Benin. It is 20 km wide and 11 km long and covers an area of 4,900 ha. The lake is partly fed by the Ouémé River and the Sô River, both of which deposit sediments from throughout the region in the lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lagoon
- Description: lake in Benin
- Also known as: “Denham Waters”, “Lac Nokoue”, “Lagune Nokoué”, “Lake Nokoue”, “Nokue”, and “Nokwe Lake”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vekky and Ganvie.
Vekky
Town
Vekky is a town and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Sô-Ava. Vekky is situated 6 km northwest of Lake Nokoué.
Ganvie
Photo: Saliousoft, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ganvie is a lake village in Benin, Africa, lying in Lake Nokoué, near Cotonou. With a population of around 20,000 people, it is probably the largest lake village in Africa and is very popular with tourists.
Cotonou
Cotonou is the largest city in Benin and the country's primary port of entry for visitors. The city is in the south of the country, on the coastline.
Lake Nokoué
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Benin, West Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Lake Nokoué” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة نوكوي”
- Belarusian: “Возера Нукуе”
- Belarusian: “Нукуе”
- Bulgarian: “Нукуе”
- Burmese: “နိုကုကန်”
- Cebuano: “Lac Nokoué”
- Chinese: “諾奎湖”
- Chuvash: “Нукуе”
- Danish: “Nokouésøen”
- Dutch: “Lake Nokoué”
- Dutch: “Nokouémeer”
- Finnish: “Nokoué-järvi”
- Finnish: “Nokoué”
- Finnish: “Nokouéjärvi”
- Fon: “Tɔsisa Nokoué tɔn”
- French: “Lac Nohoué”
- French: “lac Nokoué”
- French: “Lac Nokoué”
- Georgian: “ნოკუე”
- Hausa: “Tafkin Nokoué”
- Hebrew: “אגם נוקואה”
- Indonesian: “Danau Nokoué”
- Italian: “lago Nokoué”
- Italian: “Lago Nokoué”
- Japanese: “ノクエ湖”
- Lithuanian: “Nakujės ežeras”
- Lithuanian: “Nokujės ežeras”
- Northern Frisian: “Nokoue Sia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nokoué”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nokouésjøen”
- Norwegian: “Nokouésjøen”
- Persian: “دریاچه نوکوئه”
- Persian: “دریاچهٔ نوکوئه”
- Polish: “Nokoué”
- Portuguese: “Lago Nocué”
- Portuguese: “Lago Nokoué”
- Russian: “Нокуэ”
- Russian: “Нукуе”
- Spanish: “Lago Nokoue”
- Spanish: “Lago Nokoué”
- Swedish: “Lac Nokoué”
- Turkish: “Nokoue Gölü”
- Turkish: “Nokoué Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Нокуе”
- Ukrainian: “Нукуе”
- Venetian: “lago Nokoué”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as So-Zounko and So-Tchahoué.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cotonou Lighthouse and Cotonou.
Benin: Must-Visit Destinations
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