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Littoral Department

Littoral is one of the twelve departments of Benin. At 79 km2, Littoral is the smallest department in the country. Its capital is , Benin's largest city.
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  • Type: State with 691,000 residents
  • Description: department of Benin
  • Also known as: “Département du Littoral” and “Littoral”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dantokpa Market and Fondation Zinsou.

Marketplace
Photo: jbdodane, CC BY 2.0.
The , or simply Tokpa, is the largest open-air market in , located in , . It is one of the most important retailing areas in Benin, covering over 20 hectares.

Museum
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
is a museum.

Government office
Photo: Charbel1719, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a government office.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cotonou and Godomey.

Photo: bigberto, CC BY 2.0.
is the largest city in and the country's primary port of entry for visitors. The city is in the , on the coastline.

Town
is a town and arrondissement in the of southern . It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of .

Littoral Department

Latitude
6.3663° or 6° 21′ 59″ north
Longitude
2.4171° or 2° 25′ 1″ east
Population
691,000
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
6FR49C88+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2240079701
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2597275
Wiki­data ID
Q29158
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Littoral Department” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الإدارة الساحلية”
  • Asturian: “Littoral”
  • Azerbaijani: “Litoral departamenti”
  • Basque: “Littoral”
  • Belarusian: “Літараль (дэпартамент)”
  • Belarusian: “Літараль (дэпартамэнт)”
  • Belarusian: “Літараль”
  • Bengali: “লিট্টোরাল বিভাগ”
  • Breton: “Littoral”
  • Bulgarian: “Департамент Литорал”
  • Bulgarian: “Литорал”
  • Catalan: “Littoral”
  • Cebuano: “Littoral”
  • Chinese: “滨海省”
  • Chinese: “濱海省”
  • Danish: “Littoral (Benin)”
  • Danish: “Littoral”
  • Dutch: “Littoral”
  • Esperanto: “Departemento Bordo”
  • Esperanto: “Departemento Littoral”
  • Finnish: “Littoral”
  • Fon: “Litoral”
  • French: “Littoral”
  • Galician: “Littoral”
  • Georgian: “ლიტორალის დეპარტამენტი”
  • German: “BJ-LI”
  • German: “Littoral”
  • Greek: “Λιτοράλ”
  • Gujarati: “લિટોરલ વિભાગ”
  • Hindi: “लिटोरल विभाग”
  • Hungarian: “Littoral”
  • Indonesian: “Departemen Littoral”
  • Italian: “dipartimento del Litorale”
  • Italian: “Dipartimento del Litorale”
  • Italian: “Littoral”
  • Japanese: “リトラル県”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಟೊರಲ್ ಇಲಾಖೆ”
  • Korean: “리토랄주”
  • Latvian: “Litorālais departaments”
  • Lithuanian: “Pakrantės departamentas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Departement Littoral”
  • Malay: “Littoral Department”
  • Marathi: “लिट्टोरॅल विभाग”
  • Mazanderani: “لیتورال”
  • Northern Frisian: “Littoral Department”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Littoral”
  • Norwegian: “Littoral”
  • Persian: “استان لیتورال”
  • Polish: “Departament Littoral”
  • Portuguese: “Litoral”
  • Portuguese: “Littoral (departamento)”
  • Portuguese: “Littoral”
  • Romanian: “Departamentul Littoral”
  • Russian: “Литораль”
  • Scots: “Littoral Depairtment”
  • Sinhala: “ලිට්ටොරල් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව”
  • South Azerbaijani: “استان لیتورال”
  • Spanish: “Departamento Litoral”
  • Spanish: “Littoral”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Pwani (Benin)”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Pwani”
  • Swedish: “Littoral”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Литторал”
  • Tamil: “ளிட்டோரல் துறை”
  • Telugu: “లిట్టోరల్ డిపార్ట్మెంట్”
  • Telugu: “లిట్టోరల్ విభాగం”
  • Thai: “ลิทโทลอล ดีพาทเม้น”
  • Turkish: “Littoral Departmanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Літораль”
  • Ukrainian: “Літтораль”
  • Ukrainian: “Регіон Літораль (Береговий Регіон)”
  • Ukrainian: “Регіон Літораль”
  • Urdu: “لیتورال ڈیپارٹمنٹ”
  • Urdu: “لیتورال محکمہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Littoral”
  • Wu Chinese: “滨海省 (贝宁)”
  • Wu Chinese: “滨海省（贝宁）”
  • Wu Chinese: “滨海省”
  • Yoruba: “Apá Littoral”
  • Yoruba: “Littoral Department”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Gbegamey and Gbégamè 3.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Paroisse Saint Jean-Baptiste and Mankandjoula.

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