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Djidja

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name	Djidja
native_name
settlement_type	Commune and city
pushpin_map	Benin
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_mapsize	200
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Benin
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Benin
subdivision_type1	Department
subdivision_name1	Zou Department
leader_title1
established_title
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	2184
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2013
population_total	123542
population_density_km2	39
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
timezone	WAT
utc_offset	+1
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type

** Djidja ** is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Zou Department of south-western Benin. The commune covers an area of 2184 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 123,542 people.

Geography

Djidja (Djomla) is located 24 kilometres northeast of Abomey and 163 kilometres from Cotonou. It is bounded to the southwest by Couffo, east by the communes of Za-Kpota and Cove and the north by Collines. A main road passes from south to north, but it is hardly passable during the rainy season forcing all users to comply with an average speed of safety of about 40 km / hour (about 25 minutes travel from Abomey).

Djidja is cosmopolitan and has a population of 84,590 inhabitants spread over an area of 2184km ².

Administrative divisions

Djidja is subdivided into 12 arrondissements; Djidja, Agondji, Agouna, Dan, Dohouimè, Gobé, Oungbègamè, Monsourou, Mougnon, Outo, Setto, Zoukou. They contain 64 villages and 11 city districts.

Economy

90% of the population are engaged in agricultural activities followed by trade, transportation and handicrafts. 147 300,00 hectares of land are devoted to agriculture, accounting for 38.76% of the total population. The main crops grown are maize, cotton, cowpeas, peanuts, yams and cassava.

References

"Djidja". Atlas Monographique des Communes du Benin.
"Communes of Benin". Statoids.
"Djidja". www.djidja.communedubenin.org.

Wikipedia Source

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