L’ancien pont est un pont routier situé dans la ville de Cotonou au Bénin. Plus ancien pont de la ville, il permet de relier les deux rives de la lagune de Cotonou. Construit en 1928, il a été rénové en 1981.
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The cathedral of Notre Dame de Miséricorde, commonly known as Cotonou Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral located near the Ancien Pont bridge in Cotonou, Benin. It is renowned for its distinctive burgundy and white striped tiled architecture. The cathedral's tower is situated at the rear-left side of the main building.
The cathedral serves as the seat of the Latin Church archdiocese of Cotonou. The archdiocese was originally established on 26 June 1883 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Dahomey, carved out from the Apostolic Vicariate of Benin Coast, Nigeria. After undergoing several name changes under Dahomey, it was elevated to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonou on 14 September 1955.
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The Archdiocese of Cotonou is the Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Cotonou in Benin. It is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Cotonou.
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The Ancien Pont is a bridge in Cotonou, Benin. The bridge crosses the Lagune de Cotonou which separates the two sides of the city. It was built in 1928 and renovated in 1981.
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The Ouémé River, also spelled Weme is a river in Benin. It rises in the Atakora Mountains, and is about 510 kilometres long. It flows past the towns of Carnotville and Ouémé to a large delta on the Gulf of Guinea near the seaport city of Cotonou. The largest tributaries are the Okpara River and the Alpouro River.
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Littoral is one of the twelve departments of Benin. At 79 km2, Littoral is the smallest department in the country. Its capital is Cotonou, Benin's largest city. The department was created in 1999 with the splitting up of territories of Atlantique Department.
As per 2013 census, the total population of the department was 679,012 with 325,872 males and 353,140 females. The entire population was urban while the total labour force in the department numbered 253,892. The proportion of households with no level of attained formal education was 21.1%, by far the lowest of any department in the country.