The 13th District of Cotonou

The 13th district (arrondissement) is one of Cotonou's 13 districts, Benin's only commune-department (about 79 km²). The government's official geographic database (georisk.gouv.bj) lists 14 neighbourhoods in it and gives it a population of 68,486.

The 14 neighbourhoods of the 13th district

Looking for the district a neighbourhood belongs to? Here is the list for this one, in alphabetical order.

• Adjaha-Cité
• Agla-Agongbomey
• Agla-Akplomey
• Agla-Centre
• Agla-Figaro
• Agla-Finafa
• Agla-Les-Pylônes
• Agla-Petit-Château
• Ahogbohoué-Cité-De-l'Expérience
• Ahogbohoué-Cité-Eucharistie
• Aïbatin-Kpota
• Gbèdégbé
• Houénoussou
• Missité

The same name in two districts

Missité also exists in the 5th district: the official database lists the name in both. Check the exact address before drawing a conclusion.

How many people live here?

The database gives 68,486 inhabitants for the 13th district, without stating the year. The total for the 13 districts, 679,012, is the 2013 census figure (RGPH4) quoted in the government's SDG monograph (2019).

Cotonou's 13 districts

• 1st district
• 2nd district
• 3rd district
• 4th district
• 5th district
• 6th district
• 7th district
• 8th district
• 9th district
• 10th district
• 11th district
• 12th district
• 13th district (this page)

Official sources (consulted on 4 October 2026)

• Government of Benin, georisk.gouv.bj geographic database, layer "ville_village_quartier": neighbourhoods by district, population by district.
• Government of Benin, « Destination Bénin : Cotonou, poumon économique, pôle cosmopolite et vitrine du Bénin », 12 December 2020: Benin's only commune-department, about 79 km².
• Ministry of Planning and Development, Departmental monograph of Atlantique and Littoral, SDG priority targets mission (2019): 2013 population (RGPH4), area and number of districts.