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Dassa-Zoumè
Collines, Benin · Africa
About Dassa-Zoumè
Dassa-Zoumè sits on the route: 30 minutes from Glazoué.
Dassa-Zoumè is in Collines, Benin, with about 29,000 people. The nearest town is Glazoué, about 25 km away.
Dassa-Zoumé [da.sa.zu.me], also known as Igbó Ìdàáshà or simply Dassa, is a city in central Benin, on the Cotonou-to-Parakou railway and the main north-south highway. It is the capital of Collines Department. The commune covers an area of 1,711 square kilometres (661 sq mi), and as of 2013 had a population ofRead more
112,118.
Jama'at Islamique Ahmadiyya Benin built its central mosque (Mosquée Moubarqiue) here in 2010, which has a tall 18-meter minaret, just outside the city on the main road towards Parakou. Jama'at Islamique Ahmadiyya Benin also built a French/English bilingual primary school here, called Ecole Primaire Publique Ahmadiyya.
The indigenous population of Dassa are the Idaasha. They migrated from the Egba subgroup of western Yoruba in present-day Nigeria to settle here. The city is known as a place of pilgrimage; the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared in the Grotte Notre-Dame d'Arigbo, around which a basilica has since been built containing several shrines. The city is also known for its surrounding forests and hills, many of which contain Orisa shrines.
Dassa is also home to a Yoruba constituent monarchy.
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Dassa-Zoumè is in Collines, Benin, about 25 km from Glazoué.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 29,461
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Benin
- Region
- Collines
- Timezone
- Africa/Porto-Novo
- Coordinates
- 7.7500, 2.1833
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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