Editing Atakora Department (section)

==Demographics==
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According to Benin's 2013 census, the total population of the department was 772,262, with 380,448 males and 391,814 females. The proportion of women was 50.70%. The total rural population was 62.80%, while the urban population was 37.20%. The proportion of women of childbearing age (15 to 49 years old) was 21.80%. The foreign population was 10,395, representing 1.30% of the total population in the department. The [[labour force participation rate]] among foreigners aged 15–64 years was 32.20%. The proportion of women among the foreign population constituted 47.90%. The number of households in the department was 107,599 and the average household size was 7.2. The intercensal growth rate of the population was 3.10%.<ref name=census>{{cite web|title=Census of Benin, 2013|publisher=Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Economique (INSAE) du Benin|url=http://benin.opendataforafrica.org/iidseh/population-par-commune-recensement-2013-b%C3%A9nin|year=2013|access-date=25 November 2016}}</ref>

Among women, the average age at first marriage was 19.1 and the average age at maternity was 27.8. The synthetic index of fertility of women was 5.6. The average number of families in a house was 1.6 and the average number of persons per room was 1.7. The total labour force in the department was 170,333, of which 27.20% were women. The proportion of households with no level of education was 72.80% and the proportion of households with children attending school was 42.70%. The crude birth rate was 39.0, the general rate of fertility was 179.20 and the gross reproduction rate was 2.80.<ref name=tot>{{cite web|title=Socio economic data of Benin, 2013|publisher=Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Economique (INSAE) du Benin|url=http://benin.opendataforafrica.org/ohikebf/principaux-indicateurs-rgph-2013-benin|year=2013|access-date=25 November 2016}}</ref>

The main ethnolinguistic groups in the Department are the [[Tammari people|Tammari]] (also known as the Betammaribe, or Somba), [[Waama language|Waama]] and [[Dendi people]]. Other groups include the [[Bariba people|Bariba]], [[Berba language|Biali]], [[Chakosi people|Chakosi]] (also known as Anufo), [[Gurma people|Gurma]], [[Lama language|Lama]], [[Mbelime language|Mbelime]], [[Nateni language|Nateni]], [[Ngangam language|Ngangam]], [[Notre language|Notre]], [[Miyobe language|Miyobe]] and [[Yom language|Yom]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ethnologue.com/country/BJ/languages| title = Languages of Benin | publisher = [[Ethnologue]] | access-date = 26 November 2019}}</ref>