Lokossa | |
Settlement Type: | Commune and city |
Pushpin Map: | Benin |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Benin |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Benin |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Mono Department |
Area Total Km2: | 260 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 106081 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 6.6333°N 44°W |
Elevation M: | 64 |
Lokossa in French pronounced as /lɔ.kɔ.sa/ is an arrondissement, commune, and the capital city of Mono Department in Benin. The name Lokossa translates into English as "underneath the iroko tree".
The commune covers an area of and as of 2002 had a population of 77,065 people.[2] [3]