Littoral Department

Littoral Department

Littoral is one of the twelve departments of Benin, and is divided into 13 arrondissements. It contains just one commune/city, Cotonou, the largest in the country and the economic capital. Littoral is the smallest of the twelve departments. The area is 79km.² or 31mi.². Littoral was split from the Atlantique Department in 1999.


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