Lake Ahémé
Lake Ahémé is Benin's second largest lake, with an area of 78 square kilometres in the dry season which expands to 100 square kilometres in the rainy season.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Benin
- Also known as: “Lac Aheme” and “Lake Aheme”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tokpa-Domè and Possotomè.
Tokpa-Domè
Village
Tokpa-Domè is a village and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Kpomassè. Tokpa-Domè is situated 3 km east of Lake Ahémé.
Possotomè
Town
Possotomè is an arrondissement in the Mono department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Bopa. 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 6,889. Possotomè is situated 3 km north of Lake Ahémé.
Dahé
Town
Photo: Aimeabibis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dahé is an arrondissement in the Mono department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Houéyogbé. 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 14,622. Dahé is situated 4½ km northwest of Lake Ahémé.
Lake Ahémé
- Category: body of water
- Location: Benin, West Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Swedish—“Lake Ahémé” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “အိုင်မီကန်”
- Cebuano: “Lac Ahémé”
- Chinese: “阿海梅湖”
- Dutch: “Ahémémeer”
- Finnish: “Ahémé-järvi”
- Finnish: “Ahéméjärvi”
- French: “lac Ahémé”
- French: “Lac Ahémé”
- Hausa: “Tafkin Ahémé”
- Indonesian: “Danau Ahémé”
- Northern Frisian: “Ahémé Sia”
- Russian: “Аэме (озеро)”
- Russian: “Аэме”
- Spanish: “Lago Ahémé”
- Swedish: “Lac Ahémé”
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