Kétou

Kétou is a medium-sized town in . It is the seat of a very old Yoruba kingdom and therefore has a particularly strong cultural heritage. Kétou is very much off the beaten-track, making for an interesting visit.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
  • Type: City with 160,000 residents
  • Description: commune and city in Plateau Department, Benin
  • Also known as: Commune de Kétou - Bénin” and “Kétou, Benin

Kétou

Latitude
7.3604° or 7° 21′ 38″ north
Longitude
2.6024° or 2° 36′ 9″ east
Population
160,000
Elevation
107 metres (351 feet)
Open location code
6FV49J62+5X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2313302870
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
11789959
Wiki­data ID
Q2474638
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In Other Languages

From Akan to Swedish—“Kétou” goes by many names.
  • Akan: Kétou
  • Arabic: كيتو
  • Catalan: Kétou
  • Cebuano: Commune of Ketou
  • Chinese: 凱圖
  • Dutch: Ketou
  • Esperanto: Kétou
  • Finnish: Kétou
  • Fon: Kétu
  • French: Ketou
  • French: Kétou
  • German: Kétou
  • Greek: Κετού
  • Igbo: ketou
  • Italian: Ketou
  • Italian: Kétou
  • Japanese: ケトゥ
  • Lithuanian: Ketu
  • Malay: Kétou
  • Northern Frisian: Kétou
  • Persian: کتو، بنین
  • Persian: کتو
  • Polish: Kétou
  • Romanian: Ketou
  • Romanian: Kétou
  • Russian: Кету
  • South Azerbaijani: کتو، بنین
  • South Azerbaijani: کتو
  • Spanish: Kétou
  • Swahili: Kétou
  • Swedish: Kétou

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