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'''Parakou''' {{IPA|fr|pa.ʁa.ku|}} is the largest city in northern [[Benin]], and the [[List of cities in Benin|third-largest city]] in the country, with an estimated population of around 206,667 people, and capital of the [[Borgou Department]]. Administratively the commune of Parakou makes up one of Benin's 77 communes. Since 2015, its mayor is Souradjou Adamou Karimou.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

== History ==

The city was founded in the 16th century by traders.<ref>Mathurin C. Houngnikpo, Samuel Decalo, ''Historical Dictionary of Benin'', Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2013, p. 281</ref> Among traders there is a first occupant of the Old City , a hunter named sina kpebiegi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=La royauté de parakou |url=https://www.voyage-benin.com |website=www.voyage-benin.com}}</ref> This hunter was from baatonou community. Even the traditional leaders are living from slaves trade the population are living from fishing and agriculture.

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==Demographics==

[[File:Parakouroundabout.jpg|thumb|left|A roundabout in Parakou]]

The name, Parakou, is derived from a Dendi word meaning "the city of everyone", named for the city's diversity of ethnicities.<ref name="Tourism"/> As a market town attracting many people as a trading and stop-off point, Parakou has a large mix of African ethnicities, including [[Fula people|Fula]], [[Dendi people|Dendi]], [[Somba (ethnic group)|Somba]], [[Fon people|Fon]], [[Gen language|Mina]], [[Bariba people|Bariba]], [[Zarma people|Djerma]], [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] (of the Nago tribe), [[Hausa people|Hausa]], [[Kabrais]], [[Warma people|Warma]],<ref>In {{lang-ff|Fulɓe}}; in {{lang-fr|link=no|Peul}} or {{lang|fr|Peulh}}.</ref> and [[Tuareg people|Tuareg]].<ref name="Tourism"/>

In 1979 the city was reported as having 60,915 people and according to the official census of 1992, Parakou had a population of 103,577. In the last 15–20 years the population of Parakou has nearly doubled with 149,819 recorded in 2002 and with the most recent census in 2013, the population was 255,478.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-35&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&geo=357642262|title=Benin: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population|publisher=World Gazeteer|access-date=January 10, 2009|df=mdy-all}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

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