Akassato
Akassato is a town and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin.
Akassato is a town and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Abomey-Calavi. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population of 17,197.
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Worth seeing in and around Akassato
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01African School of Economics
The African School of Economics is a private university headquartered in Abomey-Calavi, Republic of Benin. In 2024 its West Africa Hub had campuses in Abidjan, Ivory Coast; and Abuja, Nigeria.
5.9 km · Private university in Benin · Wikipedia
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Getting to Akassato
- Airports
- Cotonou Cadjehoun (COO), 16 km · Murtala Muhammed (LOS), 106 km · Lomé–Tokoin (LFW), 128 km
- Lagos → Akassato114 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · ₦7,850–10,500
- Lomé → Akassato133 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · $13–18
- Accra → Akassato302 km · quickest by road, 6h 17m · GH₵195–255
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Akassato
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Akassato. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundHire a pirogue and explore the village on your own.
From Wikivoyage: Ganvie, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2023-11.
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Next door to Akassato
Akassato is 6 km from Abomey-Calavi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ganviehuman settlement in Benin4.5 km
- Abomey-Calavicommune and city in Atlantique Department, Benin5.8 km
- Kpanrounarrondissement and town in Atlantique Department, Benin4.4 km