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''' Zangnanado ''' is a town and [[Communes of Benin|commune]] in the [[Zou Department]] of southern-central [[Benin]]. It is located 47 kilometres from and 165 kilometres north of [[Cotonou]].
==History==
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 and Kétou of Abeokuta. By the Act of June 21, 1895, King [[Agoli-Agbo]], he authorised full authority over the [[Agonlin]] region. During the colonial period and into the 1970s, Agonlin remained a single administrative entity. However, in 1978 it was divided into three communes,
==Adminstrative divisions==
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The population of Zagnanado is dominated by two major ethnic groups; [[Mahi]] representing 90.5% and Yoruba representing 8.1% and the rest minorities. The main religions are [[Christianity]] (47.2%), [[animism]] (30.5%) and [[Islam]] (2.8%).
The population of the commune of Zagnanado, according to the 2002 census is 36,756 people, which is 6.1% of the population of the Zou Department. Data from the last census shows that from 1992 to 2002, the population Zagnanado experienced a small increase of 0.7% per year while between 1979 and 1992 growth was about 2.2% per year.
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