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Cotonou

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Cotonou is the seat of government and largest city of Benin. The official city proper population was 679,012 in 2012, though over two million people live in the larger urban area, which continues to expand toward the west; the city lies in the southeast of the country, between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Nokoue.

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