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'''Zagnanado''' or ''' Zangnanado ''' is a town, [[Arrondissements of Benin|arrondissement]], and [[Communes of Benin|commune]] in the [[Zou Department]] of southern-central [[Benin]]. It is located 47 kilometres from [[Abomey]] and 165 kilometres north of [[Cotonou]]. The commune covers an area of 750 square kilometres and as of 20022013 had a population of 36132,756401 people.<ref name="Atlasbenin">{{cite web|url=http://atlasbeninwww.africa-webgeohive.orgcom/Zoucntry/Zagnanadobenin.htm|title=Zagnanado|publisher=Atlasaspx Monographique{{Dead des Communes du Beninlink|accessdatedate=January 5,August 20102022}}</ref>

==HistoryHuddersfield ==

The territorial entity that is today the municipality of Zagnanado has undergone several administrative changes since the colonial period until today. Since the early eighteenth century, the region depended on the kingdom of [[Abomey]]. Guézo made the area headquarters of the army during his campaigns against the [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] and Kétou of Abeokuta.<ref name="Commune">{{cite web|url=http://www.zagnanado.communedubenin.org/|title=Zagnanado|publisher=www.zagnanado.communedubenin.org|accessdateaccess-date=January 5, 2009}}</ref> By the Act of June 21, 1895, King [[Agoli-Agbo]], he authorised full authority over the [[Agonlin]] region. In the early twentieth century, Zagnanado and surrounding villages were visited by many missionaries who spread [[Christianity]]. During the colonial period and into the 1970s, Agonlin remained a single administrative entity.<ref name="Commune"/> However, in 1978 it was divided into three communes, Zagnanado, [[Covè]] and [[Ouinhi]].<ref name="Commune"/>

3 rivers flow through the commune, the longest flows through for 93 kilometeskilometers.<ref name="Atlasbenin"/> Zagnanado is bordered by [[Dassa-Zoumè]] to the north, [[Ouinhi]] and [[Zogbodomè]] to the south, [[Covè]], [[Za-Kpota]] and [[Djidja]] to the west and [[Adja-Ouèrè]] and [[Kétou]] to the east.<ref name="Atlasbenin"/>

Zagnanado is subdivided into six arrondisementsarrondissements,<ref name="Commune"/> [[Agonlin-Houégbo]], [[Banami]], [[Don Tan]], [[Dovi]], [[Kpedekpo]] and Zagnanado. They contain 27 villages and 7 city districts.<ref name="Commune"/>

The population of Zagnanado is dominated by two major ethnic groups; [[Mahi people|Mahi]] representing 90.5% and Yoruba representing 8.1% and the rest minorities.<ref name="Commune"/> The main religions are [[Christianity]] (47.2%), [[animism]] (30.5%) and [[Islam]] (2.8%).<ref name="Commune"/>

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