Cotonou is a city in Littoral, Benin.

How many people live in Cotonou?

About 679,012 people, according to the GeoNames dataset this page draws on. Population figures for smaller places are estimates and can be out of date.

What time zone is Cotonou in?

Cotonou uses the Africa/Porto-Novo time zone.

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Ìlú ńlá

Cotonou

Littoral • Benin

Cotonou: Ìlú ńlá ní Littoral àtiBenin. Iye ènìyàn tó nǹkan bí 679,012. Agbègbè àkókò Africa/Porto-Novo.

Àwọn agbègbè àkókò: Africa/Porto-Novo
Ìbùdó lórí àwòrán ilẹ̀: 6.3654, 2.4183
Iye ènìyàn: 679,012
Ìtóbi ilẹ̀: 79 km²
Gíga: 3 m
Ojú ọ̀nà ayélujára ìjọba: cotonou.mairie.bj

Àwọn ibi tí ó wà nítòsí

A mẹ́nu kàn án níbí

Ìmọ̀ nípa ibi yìí wà. Àwọn iṣẹ́ òwò àti ìdàpọ̀ àwọn aṣojú ni a ń wò lọ́tọ̀.

Ìmọ̀ nípa àwọn ibi láti ọ̀dọ̀ GeoNames, tí a lò lábẹ́ CC BY 4.0 tí a sì ṣàtúnṣe rẹ̀ fún ojú ọ̀nà yìí.

Ṣé o mọ Cotonou?

Kò sí ẹni tí ó tíì kọ bí ibi yìí ṣe ń dún. Bí o bá ń gbé níbí, bí o bá dàgbà níbí, tàbí bí ìdílé rẹ bá ti wá láti ibí — o mọ ohun tí ojú ewé yìí kò mọ̀: àwọn oníṣẹ́ ọnà, orin, àti àwọn ibi tí ènìyàn ń lọ ní tòótọ́.

Di aṣojú olùdásílẹ̀Ràn wá lọ́wọ́ láti fẹ̀ ojú ewé yìí lójú

O kò gbọ́dọ̀ jẹ́ ògbóǹkangí. Jíjẹ́ ọmọ ibí ti tó.

Ìtàn tí ó wà lẹ́yìn gìtá funfun náà

White Guitar 40 Years LaterWò ó lórí YouTube →

Orin kan náà, ní èdè Faransé

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Orin Cotonou

Àwọn oníṣẹ́ ọnà tí a ti jẹ́rìí sí níbí kò tíì pín orin pẹ̀lú wa. Ẹnìkan láti ibí ni ó lè kún àyè yìí — kí a mú orin láti ibòmíràn kí a sì pè é ní Cotonou, kì í ṣe ọ̀nà wa.

Fi oníṣẹ́ ọnà láti ibí kún un Di aṣojú Wo Benin

Àwọn oníṣẹ́ ọnà tí à ń wá

Ojú ewé wọ̀nyí dúró lórí ohun tí àwùjọ sọ fún wa. Àwọn oníṣẹ́ ọnà kò tíì rí wọn rárá. Bí o bá mọ ẹnikẹ́ni nínú wọn, fi ojú ewé rẹ̀ ránṣẹ́ sí i: òun nìkan ló lè pinnu ohun tí ó yẹ kí ó wà níbẹ̀.

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Songwriter · Artist · Musician
Ràn wá lọ́wọ́ láti rí wọn
Ayra Starr
Artist
Ràn wá lọ́wọ́ láti rí wọn
CCB
Artist
Ràn wá lọ́wọ́ láti rí wọn
Djimon Hounsou
Artist
Ràn wá lọ́wọ́ láti rí wọn
El Rego et Ses Commandos
Artist · Band
Ràn wá lọ́wọ́ láti rí wọn
Eskill Lohento
Artist
Ràn wá lọ́wọ́ láti rí wọn

Gbogbo ẹni tí ó ní ìsopọ̀ pẹ̀lú ibi yìí

Fi oníṣẹ́ ọnà tí a gbàgbé kún un

A sample: how a business in Cotonou would use TimTim.Live

Nothing below is real. It is an example, so you can see how it works before deciding whether to join.

What happens, step by step

1Find your business, or add it. Both are free.
2Fill in your page — photos, hours, what you do.
3Create an offer. Free to make, free to run.
4TimTim shows it to people exploring this place.
5A curator recommends it to people who trust them.
6An ambassador shares it with the community.
7A customer taps the link — and the tap is counted.
8They claim or redeem the offer.
9The sale is verified before anything else happens.
10Revenue is attributed to whoever helped.
11Your dashboard updates.
12Only then does TimTim's agreed fee apply.

Example figures — not real, and not from Cotonou

People who saw the page: 310
People who saw the offer: 182
Curator recommendations: 3
Shares by ambassadors: 7
Taps on the offer: 64
Offers claimed: 41
Redeemed in person: 28
Verified sales: $1,240

In this example TimTim's agreed fee is 10% of verified sales — so $124 of the $1,240, and the business keeps $1,116.

The real rate is agreed with each business before any offer can charge anything. There is no fee on a sale TimTim did not help create.

Find my business Add my business — free

💌 Fi káàdì orin ránṣẹ́

Yan orin kan, kọ ọ̀rọ̀ díẹ̀, kí o sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ẹnìkan gẹ́gẹ́ bí káàdì orin láti Cotonou. Gbogbo orin lórí TimTim.Live Originals ni a lè fi ránṣẹ́ lọ́fẹ̀ẹ́.

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🛰 Ètò òfúrufú

Ìrìn òfúrufú láìsí rọ́kẹ́ẹ̀tì ṣì wà ní ipele ìwádìí àti àyẹ̀wò bóyá ó ṣeé ṣe — kò sí ohun tí ń fò, kò sì sí ohun tí à ń tà. Àwọn olùwádìí máa ń tọpa iṣẹ́ náà, wọ́n máa ń fi èrò wọn ránṣẹ́; bí ìrìn àjò kúkúrú sí òfúrufú, ìrìn àjò òṣùpá tàbí gbígbé satẹ́ láìtì bá sì di òtítọ́ lọ́jọ́ kan, àwọn ni yóò kọ́kọ́ mọ̀.

Bí a ṣe mọ ibí tó

15%— nínú ohun tí a fẹ́ mọ̀ nípa Cotonou

Place facts100%
Local names0%
Nearby places100%
Music0%
Local knowledge0%
Memories0%
Places to go0%

Ó fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ jẹ́ pé kò sí ohun tí a ti kọ sílẹ̀ nípa Cotonou; nítorí náà ohun tí o bá fi kún un níbí ní iye 2× ju ohun tí a bá fi kún ìlú tí a ti kọ ọ̀pọ̀ nípa rẹ̀. Àwọn ibi tí ayélujára kò náání ni ó nílò kí a kọ nípa wọn jù.

Questions about Cotonou

Where is Cotonou?: Cotonou is a city in Littoral, Benin.
How many people live in Cotonou?: About 679,012 people, according to the GeoNames dataset this page draws on. Population figures for smaller places are estimates and can be out of date.
What time zone is Cotonou in?: Cotonou uses the Africa/Porto-Novo time zone.
What are the coordinates of Cotonou?: 6.3654, 2.4183.

Àwọn èdè tí a ń sọ ní Cotonou

Ojú ewé yìí wà ní èdè Yorùbá. Àwọn wọ̀nyí ni èdè tí a ń sọ níbí — àwọn tí a ti lè fihàn ni a fi ìjápọ̀ sí.

Ka ojú ewé yìí ní èdè French

Ìwé ìrìnnà ìwádìí Cotonou rẹ

Ìwádìí mẹ́jọ ni ó ń mú àmì ibi yìí wá. Bẹ̀rẹ̀ lọ́fẹ̀ẹ́ — kò sí káàdì, kò sí ohun tí o máa rà, wíwò nìkan.

Bẹ̀rẹ̀ ìwé ìrìnnà rẹ

What you can do for Cotonou

Everything below is worth 2× here, because almost nothing is known about this place yet. The emptier a place, the more a contribution to it is worth.

Anyone can do these, right now

Collect this place's stamp
It goes in your passport.
+2
Send a musical postcard from here
+4
Share a song from here with someone
Worth more once they actually listen.
+10
Check a neighbour's contribution
Checks are what publish anything.
+40

If you know Cotonou

These are what the page is missing. Every one of them waits for 2 neighbours to confirm it before it appears — and before it pays.

Share a memory of this place
What it was like. Nobody can add this but the people who were here.
+50
Add something only a local would know
The place people go, the thing visitors never find.
+50
Tell us about music from here
The songs, the players, the rhythms that belong to this place.
+50
Add somewhere to eat, drink or hear music
Somewhere real, that someone here would actually recommend.
+50
Tell us how this place's name is really said
The local name, and how to say it.
+30

🚀 Láti Cotonou dé òṣùpá, àti kọjá rẹ̀

Ohun tí ń bọ̀ ni a lè dara pọ̀ mọ́ láti ibikíbi lórí ilẹ̀ ayé. Ọ̀nà mẹ́ta ló wà láti wọlé, ìkọ̀ọ̀kan ní ìgbésẹ̀ mẹ́jọ, ìkọ̀ọ̀kan sì ń parí pẹ̀lú àmì kan nínú ìwé ìrìnnà rẹ.

Àwọn ọmọdé àti akẹ́kọ̀ọ́
Àmì: Space Explorer
Kọ́ bí ènìyàn ṣe ń rí ọ̀nà nípa wíwo ojú ọ̀run, bí ohùn ṣe ń rìn, àti bí ibì kan lórí ilẹ̀ ayé ṣe ní ìsopọ̀ pẹ̀lú gbogbo ohun tí ó wà lókè rẹ̀. Ó ṣí sílẹ̀ fún gbogbo ènìyàn.
Bẹ̀rẹ̀ ọ̀nà yìí
Àwọn olùkópa àwùjọ
Àmì: Space Contributor
Wò ó, fi ohun tí o mọ̀ kún un, kí o sì ràn àwùjọ rẹ lọ́wọ́ láti kópa. Fún àwọn tí ọjọ́ orí wọn jẹ́ 18 tàbí jù bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ.
Dáhùn ìbéèrè tí ó wà nísàlẹ̀ láti ṣí ọ̀nà yìí.
Àwọn onímọ̀ sáyẹ́ǹsì àti ẹnjiníà
Àmì: Research Contributor
Mú ìbéèrè, àkọsílẹ̀ iṣẹ́ àti ìrànlọ́wọ́ ìmọ̀ ẹ̀rọ wá; kí o sì tún ràn wá lọ́wọ́ láti yẹ iṣẹ́ àwọn ẹlòmíràn wò. Fún àwọn tí ọjọ́ orí wọn jẹ́ 18 tàbí jù bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ.
Dáhùn ìbéèrè tí ó wà nísàlẹ̀ láti ṣí ọ̀nà yìí.

Ìbéèrè kan ni ó ń ṣí àwọn ọ̀nà àgbà: ṣé ọjọ́ orí rẹ jẹ́ 18 tàbí jù bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ?

Wo gbogbo ètò òfúrufú náà

Cotonou through the years

Nobody has shared a memory of Cotonou yet. Every decade below is still empty — if you were here for any of them, you know something this page does not.

2020sWere you here in the 2020s? Nobody has spoken for it yet.
2010sWere you here in the 2010s? Nobody has spoken for it yet.
2000sWere you here in the 2000s? Nobody has spoken for it yet.
1990sWere you here in the 1990s? Nobody has spoken for it yet.
1980sWere you here in the 1980s? Nobody has spoken for it yet.
1970sWere you here in the 1970s? Nobody has spoken for it yet.
1960sWere you here in the 1960s? Nobody has spoken for it yet.
1950sWere you here in the 1950s? Nobody has spoken for it yet.
1940sWere you here in the 1940s? Nobody has spoken for it yet.

What is Cotonou to you?

You don't have to be an expert. If you grew up here, live here, or your family is from here, you know something this page doesn't.

Know this place?

Tell people why it is worth the trip. Your words appear on this page.

Ṣé o mọ Cotonou?

Ibi yìí kò tíì ṣí sílẹ̀ fún àfikún. Sọ fún wa pé o jẹ́ ọmọ ibí, a ó sì ṣí i.

Béèrè pé kí a ṣí Cotonou

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Wo àṣà ìbílẹ̀ Cotonou

Àwọn ilé oúnjẹ, ilé ọtí, hotẹ́ẹ̀lì àti ìgbé ayé alẹ́ ní Cotonou — tí a tò yí ìrírí ká, kì í ṣe yí àmì kan lórí àwòrán ilẹ̀ ká. Bí o bá jẹ́ ọmọ ibí, o mọ àwọn ibi tí kò sí àwòrán ilẹ̀ kankan tí ó ti gbọ́ nípa wọn.

Láti fi ohun kan kún un tàbí láti yí i padà, bẹ̀rẹ̀ ìbéèrè láti di aṣojú fún ibi yìí àti orílẹ̀-èdè rẹ̀. Gbogbo ohun tí a kọ ní orúkọ lára rẹ̀, àwọn olùyẹ̀wò ibílẹ̀ tí wọ́n dá dúró sì ń jẹ́rìí sí i kí ó tó hàn.

Béèrè fún Cotonou Wo àtòjọ náà

Cotonou

Àwọn ibi tí ó wà nítòsí

A mẹ́nu kàn án níbí

Ṣé o mọ Cotonou?

Ìtàn tí ó wà lẹ́yìn gìtá funfun náà

Orin kan náà, ní èdè Faransé

Orin Cotonou

Àwọn oníṣẹ́ ọnà tí à ń wá