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Kouarfa

Coordinates: 10°29′N 1°31′E / 10.483°N 1.517°E / 10.483; 1.517
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Kouarfa
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Country Benin
DepartmentAtakora Department
CommuneToucountouna
Population
 (2002)
 • Total9,809
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

Kouarfa is a town and arrondissement in the Atakora Department of northwestern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Toucountouna. 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 9,809.[1]

It was the birthplace in 1933 of former President of Benin Mathieu Kérékou.

References

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  1. ^ Institut National de la Statistique Benin Archived December 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, accessed by Geohive Archived 2009-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 2, 2010

10°29′N 1°31′E / 10.483°N 1.517°E / 10.483; 1.517