Benin
Zou Department
Bohicon

Bohicon

Bohicon or Gbɔ̀xikɔn is a city in , and a conurbation of lying 9 kilometres east on the railway line from to , and on Benin's main highway RNIE 2 which joins the RNIE 4.
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  • Type: City with 170,000 residents
  • Description: commune of Zou Department, Benin
  • Also known as: “benin” and “quattier de ville”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Agongointo-Zoungoudo Underground Town.

Archaeological site
Photo: Rachad sanoussi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The underground town of Agongointo-Zoungoudo is located approximately 9 km from , in central . The city was discovered in 1998 by the Danish company DANIDA.

Bohicon

Latitude
7.1816° or 7° 10′ 54″ north
Longitude
2.0696° or 2° 4′ 10″ east
Population
170,000
Elevation
166 metres (545 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BJ BOH
Open location code
6FV453J9+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 496262977
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2395049
Wiki­data ID
Q2356092
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Bohicon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوهيكون”
  • Cebuano: “Commune of Bohicon”
  • Chinese: “博希孔”
  • Croatian: “Bohicon”
  • Dutch: “Bohicon”
  • Finnish: “Bohicon”
  • Fon: “Gbɔ̀xikɔn”
  • French: “Bohicon”
  • German: “Bohicon”
  • Greek: “Μποϊκόν”
  • Italian: “Bohicon”
  • Japanese: “ボイコン”
  • Japanese: “ボヒコン”
  • Lithuanian: “Bohikonas”
  • Malay: “Bohicon”
  • Northern Frisian: “Bohicon”
  • Persian: “بوهیکون، بنین”
  • Persian: “بوهیکون”
  • Polish: “Bohicon”
  • Romanian: “Bohicon”
  • Russian: “Бохикон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bohicon”
  • Shona: “Bohicon”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بوهیکون، بنین”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بوهیکون”
  • Spanish: “Bohicon”
  • Swahili: “Bohicon”
  • Swedish: “Bohicon”
  • Swedish: “Commune of Bohicon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bohicon”
  • Yoruba: “Bohicon”

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Highlights include Impact Centre Chrétien campus de Bohicon and Centre de santé de bohicon2.

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