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Donga Department, Benini
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Donga DepartmentDepartment
BeninCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Djougou237,040 (2013)
Bassila23,616 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
213225
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:213225:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Donga, Bénin
German:
Donga, Benin
Italian:
dipartimento di Donga, Benin
Russian:
Донга, Бенин
Simplified Chinese:
峽谷省, 贝宁
Spanish:
Donga, Benín
Yoruba:
Apá Donga, Benin
Arabic:
إدارة دونغا, بنين
Asturian:
Donga, Benín
Azeri:
Donqa departamenti, Benin
Basque:
Donga, Benin
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Данга, Бэнін
Bengali:
ডংগা বিভাগ, বেনিন
Breton:
Donga, Benin
Bulgarian:
Донга, Бенин
Catalan:
Donga, Benín
Cebuano:
Donga , Benin
Danish:
Donga, Benin
Dutch:
Donga, Benin
Farsi/Persian:
استان دونگا, بنین
Finnish:
Donga, Benin
Greek:
Ντονγκά, Μπενίν
Gujarati:
ડોંગા વિભાગ, બેનિન
Hindi:
डोंगा विभाग, बेनिन
Hungarian:
Donga, Benin
Indonesian:
Departemen Donga, Benin
Japanese:
ドンガ県, ベナン
Kannada:
ಡೊಂಗಾ ಇಲಾಖೆ, ಬೆನಿನ್
Korean:
동가주, 베냉
Latvian:
Dongas departaments, Benina
Lithuanian:
Dongos departamentas, Beninas
Malay:
Donga Department, Benin
Marathi:
डोंगा विभाग, बेनिन
Northern Frisian:
Donga Department, Beniin
Norwegian:
Donga, Benin
Polish:
Departament Donga, Benin
Portuguese:
Donga, Benim
Romanian:
Departamentul Donga, Benin
Sinhalese:
ඩොන්ගා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, බෙනින්
Swedish:
Donga, Benin
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Вилояти Донга, Бенин
Tamil:
டோங்கா துறை, பெனின்
Telugu:
డోంగా డిపార్ట్మెంట్, బెనిన్
Thai:
ดองกา, เบนิน
Turkish:
Donga Departmanı, Benin
Ukrainian:
Донга , Бенін
Urdu:
دونگا محکمہ, بینن
Vietnamese:
Donga, Bénin
Wu Chinese:
峡谷省 , 贝宁


Donga is one of the twelve departments of Benin. Donga was created in 1999 when the government split the original six departments into twelve. Donga was split from Atakora. The capital of Donga is Djougou.

Donga is divided into the communes of Bassila, Copargo, Djougou, Ouaké.

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1 valid mineral.

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ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au

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Auⓘ Native GoldAu

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donga_Department
Wikidata ID:Q29161
GeoNames ID:2597274

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