Aledjo-Koura
Aledjo-Koura is a village and arrondissement in the commune of Bassila in the Donga Department of western Benin. It is located near the border with Togo, close to Mont Sokbaro, which is widely cited as the highest point of Benin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Donga Department, Benin
- Also known as: “Aledjo” and “Alejo-Kura”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mont Sokbaro.
Mont Sokbaro
Peak
Mont Sokbaro is a hill that is mostly cited as the highest point of Benin, with an elevation of 658 metres. This designation is contested, as SRTM readings at coordinates give an elevation of 672 metres. Mont Sokbaro is situated 3½ km southwest of Aledjo-Koura.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akarade.
Akarade
Village
Akarade is a village in the commune of Bassila in the Donga Department of western Benin. It is located near the border with Togo.
Aledjo-Koura
- Categories: arrondissement of Benin and locality
- Location: Bassila, Donga Department, Benin, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
9.34563° or 9° 20′ 44″ northLongitude
1.44267° or 1° 26′ 34″ eastElevation
440 metres (1,444 feet)Open location code
6FX38CWV+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 442127218OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Aledjo-Koura” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Aledjo-Koura”
- French: “Alédjo”
- German: “Aledjo-Koura”
- Indonesian: “Aledjo-Koura”
- Irish: “Aledjo-Koura”
- Italian: “Alédjo”
- Japanese: “アレジョ・クハ”
- Malay: “Alédjo”
- Persian: “الیجو-کورا”
- South Azerbaijani: “الیجو-کورا”
- Swedish: “Aledjo-Koura”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Aledjo-Koura”. Photo: Shubert Ciencia, CC BY 2.0.