The 8th District of Cotonou
A busy crossroads linking the north of the city to its commercial center.
44 businesses on record in this district
13 shops, 10 restaurants, 6 hotels, 6 banks, 3 schools, 2 pharmacies, 2 markets, 2 government offices.
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The 8th 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 8 neighbourhoods in it and gives it a population of 32,420.
The 8 neighbourhoods of the 8th district
Looking for the district a neighbourhood belongs to? Here is the list for this one, in alphabetical order.
- Agbondjèdo
- Agontinkon
- Gbèdagba
- Houéhoun
- Houénoussou-Sainte-Rita
- Mèdédjro
- Minonkpô-Wologuèdè
- Tonato
How many people live here?
The database gives 32,420 inhabitants for the 8th 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 (this page)
- 9th district
- 10th district
- 11th district
- 12th district
- 13th district
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.
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