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French Cultural Centre. Marché Kobo Kobo is known for its clothing retailing, primarily second hand goods, and in another section livestock. The Marché Depot is located near Parakou Railway Station around numerous hotels and sells mostly food but also calabashes and baskets. There is also the Marché Guema, located next to Guema Church on the northern road to
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There are several markets trading, notably the largest, Grand Marché Arzeke which one of the largest in Benin, an international market spanning over a block. This market has a large covered hall overlapping onto the streets with stalls, with 500 and 1000 vendors. The market sells an enormous range of
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including vases and bowls, to cotton textiles, cassettes and CD's of local and international artists, local spices, fruits, gasaru/wagasi (cow's milk cheese) and kitchen utensils. Another market, located several blocks north, is called the "Marché Kobo Kobo", which lies across the street from the
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The city was founded in the 16th century by traders. Among traders there is a first occupant of the Old City, a hunter named sina kpebiegi. This hunter was from baatonou community. Even the traditional leaders are living from slaves trade the population are living from fishing and agriculture.
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In 1979 the city was reported as having 60,915 people and according to the official census of 1992, Parakou had a population of 103,577. In the last 15–20 years the population of Parakou has nearly doubled with 149,819 recorded in 2002 and with the most recent census in 2013, the population was
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The name, Parakou, is derived from a Dendi word meaning "the city of everyone", named for the city's diversity of ethnicities. As a market town attracting many people as a trading and stop-off point, Parakou has a large mix of African ethnicities, including
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a strategic position for imports and exports to neighbouring countries, notably Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Togo.
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The dry port is a multi-modal platform located 3 km from the centre of Parakou, close to the railway. It gives the
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railway, however at present it is not open to passenger transportation. Both the national highways
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in the country, with an estimated population of around 206,667 people, and capital of the
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Parakou is home to one university, the University of Parakou, founded in 2001.
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Parakou Railway Station is the last railway station on the Parakou-
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in the Albarika quarter of the city. The market was founded by the
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The main football clubs are Dynamo Unacob FC de Parakou and
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The commune of Parakou contains the following villages:
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Index

City
commune
Central Parakou, 2019
Parakou is located in Benin
9°21′N 2°37′E / 9.350°N 2.617°E / 9.350; 2.617
Country
Benin
Department
Borgou Department
Time zone
UTC+1
WAT
[pa.ʁa.ku]
Benin
third-largest city
Borgou Department
RNIE 2
Cotonou
market town
Sahara
Mediterranean
slave trade

pottery
Malanville
Somba
Atacora
choukachou
inland port
Backbone Project

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