Avrankou
Avrankou is a town in Southern Benin. The original is derived from Avlan and KOU. Later, the French changed the name to its present as they found Avlankou difficult to pronounce.- Type: Town with 20,300 residents
- Description: commune and city in Ouémé Department, Benin
- Also known as: “Commune de Avrankou - Bénin”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ouanho and Atchoukpa.
Ouanho
Village
Ouanho is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Avrankou. 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 8712.
Atchoukpa
Village
Atchoukpa is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Avrankou. 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 19,565.
Gbozounmè
Town
Gbozounmè is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Avrankou. 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 6057. Gbozounmè is situated 3½ km northeast of Avrankou.
Avrankou
- Categories: commune of Benin and locality
- Location: Ouémé Department, Southern Benin, Benin, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
6.5564° or 6° 33′ 23″ north
Longitude
2.6551° or 2° 39′ 18″ east
Population
20,300
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Open location code
6FR4HM44+H2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Avrankou” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Avrankou”
- Chinese: “阿夫蘭庫”
- Dutch: “Avrankou”
- Fon: “Avlanku”
- French: “Avrankou”
- German: “Avrankou”
- Greek: “Αβρανκού”
- Italian: “Avrankou”
- Malay: “Avrankou”
- Northern Frisian: “Avrankou”
- Persian: “آورانکو”
- Polish: “Avrankou”
- Russian: “Авранку”
- Silesian: “Avrankou”
- Spanish: “Avrankou”
- Swedish: “Avrankou”
- Urdu: “اورانکو”
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