Dassa-Zoumé, Collines Department, Benin

🇧🇯 Dassa-Zoumé, also known as Igbo Idaasha 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 km (661 sq mi).

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 Voodoo shrines.

Dassa is also home to a Yoruba constituent monarchy.

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Dassa-Zoumé has a population of over 112,118 people. Dassa-Zoumé also forms the centre of the wider Collines Department which has a population of over 716,558 people.

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North of: 7.75

🇵🇭 Maramag 7.763

🇻🇪 San Cristóbal 7.776

🇵🇭 Monkayo 7.824

🇵🇭 Pagadian 7.83

🇨🇴 Cúcuta 7.883

🇹🇭 Phuket 7.888

🇻🇪 San Fernando de Apure 7.893

🇵🇭 Valencia 7.905

🇱🇰 Polonnaruwa 7.933

🇪🇹 Asela 7.95

South of: 7.75

🇱🇰 Batticaloa 7.708

🇨🇮 Bouaké 7.702

🇪🇹 Jimma 7.667

🇳🇬 Ado Ekiti 7.617

🇵🇭 Nabunturan 7.601

🇹🇭 Trang 7.55

🇪🇹 Hosaina 7.55

🇪🇹 Hosaena 7.55

🇪🇹 Hossana 7.55

🇹🇬 Atakpamé 7.517

East of: 2.183

🇪🇸 Santa Coloma de Gramenet 2.209

🇫🇷 Nanterre 2.209

🇫🇷 Limoux 2.212

🇫🇷 Suresnes 2.22

🇪🇸 Badalona 2.233

🇫🇷 Palaiseau 2.233

🇫🇷 Meudon 2.238

🇫🇷 Castres 2.241

🇫🇷 Boulogne Billancourt 2.241

🇫🇷 Essonne 2.243

West of: 2.183

🇫🇷 Rueil-Malmaison 2.177

🇪🇸 Barcelona 2.168

🇫🇷 Sartrouville 2.164

🇫🇷 Aubusson 2.162

🇫🇷 Étampes 2.162

🇫🇷 Chatou 2.16

🇫🇷 Albi 2.149

🇪🇸 Cerdanyola del Vallès 2.133

🇫🇷 Versailles 2.13

🇳🇪 Niamey 2.117

Antipodal to Dassa-Zoumé is: -177.817,-7.75

Locations Near: Dassa-Zoumé 2.18333,7.75

🇫🇷 Vierzon 2.066,7.223 d: 60  

🇧🇯 Ouèssè 2.433,8.483 d: 86.1  

🇧🇯 Toffo 2.083,6.85 d: 100.7  

🇫🇷 Meudon 2.238,8.812 d: 118.2  

🇹🇬 Atakpamé 1.117,7.517 d: 120.4  

🇧🇯 Lokossa 1.717,6.633 d: 134.4  

🇳🇬 Abeokuta 3.348,7.161 d: 144.2  

🇧🇯 Abomey-Calavi 2.358,6.449 d: 146  

🇧🇯 Porto-Novo 2.605,6.497 d: 146.9  

🇧🇯 Houéyogbé 1.933,6.45 d: 147.2  

Antipodal to: Dassa-Zoumé -177.817,-7.75

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 19069.2  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 18952.3  

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 18500.7  

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16768  

🇺🇸 Līhuʻe -159.35,21.967 d: 16145.7  

🇺🇸 Lihue -159.35,21.967 d: 16145.7  

🇺🇸 Kapa'a -159.333,22.083 d: 16133.9  

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 16118.3  

🇺🇸 Pearl City -157.969,21.394 d: 16117.1  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 16081.2  

Flood Risk: Climate Central 7.75 2.18333

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