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Firou

Firou is a town and arrondissement in the Atakora Department of northwestern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Kérou. 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 10,331.

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Firou
Arrondissement and town
Firou Location in Benin
Coordinates: 10°55′9″N 1°56′19″E / 10.91917°N 1.93861°E / 10.91917; 1.93861
Country	Benin
Department	Atakora Department
Commune	Kérou
Population (2002)
• Total	10,331
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Firou is a town and arrondissement in the Atakora Department of northwestern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Kérou. 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 10,331.¹

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Institut National de la Statistique Benin Archived December 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, accessed by Geohive Archived 2009-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 18, 2010