Arrondissement and town in Atlantique Department, Benin
Godomey
Godomey 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 March 11, 2013, the arrondissement had a total population of 253,262.
How locals move
Getting around Godomey the local way
- Get inBook with a skeptical eye, though a bus is likely to be safer than a bush taxi, although it may or may not be any more comfortable.
- Get inVirtually every Beninese town has bush taxi transport to Cotonou, although smaller towns in the north will probably only have one per day or fewer, or may only get you to the next-closest town with bush taxis running to Cotonou.
- Get aroundMoto taxis - locally called zemidjans or kekenos, are the most common form of transportation for the average Beninese person.
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