Aguégués (pronounced "a-ge-ge") is a town in Southern Benin. Aguégués is a lakeside community made up of submersible earth islands in the lower part of the Ouémé River. It extends for 103 km. Every year from July to November, the entire community is flooded.

Understand

Aguégués is a town and commune concentrated mainly along the Ouémé River, covering 52 km, with a population of over 44,000 (2023).

Get in

Canoes and other boats are the means of transport to Aguégués. There is a canoe at Djassin Tokpa (Porto-Novo) every hour going to Aguégués. Visitors are taxed higher than the indigenous people, so expect to pay an average of 4000 XOF for a round trip.

Get around

With a canoe and a paddler, you are able to explore the different concessions around.

See

Aguégués is located on a watery highway of canoes and motorised boats. The lake around the village features stilts and is home to a variety of Beninese wildlife. Tourist attractions in Aguégués include:

• African manatee cottage
• Bamèzoun Forest
• Goukou and Sohonto Square
• Wandja Bush
• Soholou Palace
• Wreck of warships

Do

Every year, the inhabitants of Aguégués celebrate Wémèxé, an identity festival of the Oumé department.

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• Dangbo