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Ségbana
Commune, arrondissement and city
SégbanaLocation in Benin
Coordinates: 10°55′40″N 3°41′40″E / 10.92778°N 3.69444°E / 10.92778; 3.69444
Country	Benin
Department	Alibori Department
Area
• Total	4,471 km (1,726 sq mi)
Elevation	258 m (846 ft)
Population
• Total	89,268
• Density	20/km (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Postal address	BP: 14
Area code	(+229) 23

Ségbana [seg.ba.na] is a town, arrondissement and commune located in the Alibori Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 4471 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 89,268 people.

Geography

The commune of Ségbana is located 722 kilometres from Cotonou and lies on the Niger River. Communally it is bounded to the north by Malanville, south by Kalalé, west by Kandi and Gogounou and east by Nigeria.

History

With the Séro Kpéra camp in Parakou, the civil prison of Ségbana was, during the 1980s under the regime of President Mathieu Kérékou, a prison establishment specially assigned to the detention of political prisoners, sometimes presented as a place of torture, but this point is not confirmed by the filmed testimonies of former prisoners. According to them, the tortures were rather practiced in the Parakou camp.

Administrative divisions

Ségbana is subdivided into 5 arrondissements; Ségbana, Libantè, Liboussou, Lougou and Sokotindji. They contain 25 villages and 5 urban districts.

Economy

Most of the population are engaged in agricultural activities followed by trade, transportation and handicrafts. The main crops grown are maize, cotton, sorghum, and yams.

References

1. ""The World Gazetteer"". Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
2. ^ "Segbana". Atlas Monographique des Communes du Benin. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
3. "Communes of Benin". Statoids. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
4. "1987 Report Amnesty International" (PDF). p. 26.
5. Hinvi Pierrot Nathaniel, Reflection on the practice of torture in Benin, National University of Benin, 1995?, 122 p. (Master's thesis)
6. Prison de Ségbana. Memory of an obscure past, film by Félicien M. Assogba, Synergie Médias & Services, March 2016

v t e Communes of Benin
Alibori Department	Banikoara Gogounou Kandi Karimama Malanville Ségbana
Atakora Department	Boukoumbé Cobly Kérou Kouandé Matéri Natitingou Pehonko Tanguiéta Toucountouna
Atlantique Department	Abomey-Calavi Allada Kpomassè Ouidah Sô-Ava Toffo Tori-Bossito Zè
Borgou Department	Bembèrèkè Kalalè N'Dali Nikki Parakou Pèrèrè Sinendé Tchaourou
Collines Department	Bantè Dassa-Zoumè Glazoué Ouèssè Savalou Savè
Donga Department	Bassila Copargo Djougou Ouaké
Kouffo Department	Aplahoué Djakotomey Dogbo-Tota Klouékanmè Lalo Toviklin
Littoral Department	Cotonou
Mono Department	Athiémè Bopa Comé Grand-Popo Houéyogbé Lokossa
Ouémé Department	Adjarra Adjohoun Aguégués Akpro-Missérété Avrankou Bonou Dangbo Porto-Novo Sèmè-Kpodji
Plateau Department	Ifangni Adja-Ouèrè Kétou Pobè Sakété
Zou Department	Abomey Agbangnizoun Bohicon Covè Djidja Ouinhi Za-Kpota Zagnanado Zogbodomey

v t e Arrondissements of the Alibori Department
Banikoara	Banikoara Founougo Gomparou Goumori Kokey Kokiborou Ounet Sompérékou Soroko Toura
Gogounou	Bagou Gogounou Gounarou Ouara Sori Zoungou-Pantrossi
Kandi	Angaradébou Bensékou Donwari Kandi I Kandi II Kandi III Kassakou Saah Sam Sonsoro
Karimama	Birni-Lafia Bogo-Bogo Karimama Kompa Monsey
Malanville	Garou Guénè Malanville Mandécali Tomboutou
Ségbana	Libantè Liboussou Lougou Ségbana Sokotindji

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