# Bassila

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'''Bassila''' {{IPA|fr|ba.si.la|}} is a town, [arrondissement](/source/Arrondissements_of_Benin), and [commune](/source/Communes_of_Benin) located in the [Donga Department](/source/Donga_Department) of [Benin](/source/Benin). The commune covers an area of 5,661 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 130,770 people.<ref name="Atlasbenin">{{cite web|url=http://atlasbenin.africa-web.org/Donga/Bassila.htm |title=Bassila |publisher=Atlas Monographique des Communes du Benin |access-date=January 5, 2013 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ybj.html|title=Communes of Benin|publisher=Statoids|access-date=January 5, 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100102050757/http://statoids.com/ybj.html| archive-date= 2 January 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

The [RNIE 3](/source/RNIE_3) highway of Benin passes through the town of Bassila and the commune. The main ethnic groups in the commune are in the order of significance: [Yoruba/Nagot](/source/Yoruba_People) who are the native dwellers, as well as smaller migrant communities of Anii and [Tem people](/source/Tem_people) otherwise known as 'Kotokoli'. The [Nagots](/source/Nagots) historically migrated from Nigeria during a westward Yoruba expansion. The town of Bassila is largely Anii, and is the largest Anii-speaking village.  Given that Bassila is located in proximity to the border with [Togo](/source/Togo), a significant proportion of the population are of [Togolese](/source/Togolese) origin (Anii and Kotokoli migrants).<ref>{{cite journal | pmc = 4290139 | pmid=25539993 | doi=10.1186/1746-4269-10-80 | volume=10 | title=Comparative analysis of diversity and utilization of edible plants in arid and semi-arid areas in Benin | year=2014 | journal=J Ethnobiol Ethnomed | pages=80 | last1 = Segnon | first1 = AC | last2 = Achigan-Dako | first2 = EG | doi-access=free }}</ref>
Bassila is the second largest arrondissement in Benin  by land area.

[Mont Sokbaro](/source/Mont_Sokbaro), widely cited as the highest point of Benin, lies in Bassila commune, on the border with [Togo](/source/Togo).

==Towns and villages==
[Adeli](/source/Adeli%2C_Benin), [Afodiobo](/source/Afodiobo), [Agougou](/source/Agougou), [Akarade](/source/Akarade), [Aledjo-Koura](/source/Aledjo-Koura), [Aletoutou](/source/Aletoutou), [Alori](/source/Alori), [Assion](/source/Assion), [Aworo](/source/Aworo), [Bakana-Kari](/source/Bakana-Kari), [Bakperou](/source/Bakperou), [Baningli](/source/Baningli), '''Bassila''', [Bayakou](/source/Bayakou_(Benin)), [Biguina](/source/Biguina), [Bodi](/source/Bodi%2C_Benin), [Bomako](/source/Bomako), [Boutou](/source/Boutou%2C_Benin), [Diengou](/source/Diengou), [Dogue](/source/Dogue%2C_Benin), [Gando](/source/Gando%2C_Benin), [Gaougado](/source/Gaougado), [Gassagadi](/source/Gassagadi), [Gatakpal](/source/Gatakpal), [Goutoungadoni](/source/Goutoungadoni), [Guiguizo](/source/Guiguizo), [Igbere](/source/Igbere), [Igbomakoro](/source/Igbomakoro), [Inkolonie](/source/Inkolonie), [Iyo](/source/Iyo%2C_Benin), [Kadjimani](/source/Kadjimani), [Kaoute](/source/Kaoute), [Katia](/source/Katia%2C_Benin), [Kemeni](/source/Kemeni%2C_Benin), [Kemetou Alidjo](/source/Kemetou_Alidjo), [Kemetou Penezoulou](/source/Kemetou_Penezoulou), [Kikele](/source/Kikele), [Koakoaliki](/source/Koakoaliki), [Kokotyi](/source/Kokotyi), [Kominde](/source/Kominde), [Kouloumizi](/source/Kouloumizi), [Kpartao](/source/Kpartao), [Kpendi](/source/Kpendi), [Lagbere](/source/Lagbere), [Liro](/source/Liro%2C_Benin), [Madiatom](/source/Madiatom), [Manigri](/source/Manigri), [Mborko](/source/Mborko), [Ngioro](/source/Ngioro), [Ngmellang](/source/Ngmellang), [Niala](/source/Niala%2C_Benin), [Odokoriko](/source/Odokoriko), [Odola](/source/Odola), [Ogougouworo](/source/Ogougouworo), [Okouta-Boussa](/source/Okouta-Boussa), [Penelan](/source/Penelan), [Pénéssoulou](/source/P%C3%A9n%C3%A9ssoulou), [Prekete](/source/Prekete), [Sakouna](/source/Sakouna), [Sakouna-Neugbawaperoun](/source/Sakouna-Neugbawaperoun), [Saramanga](/source/Saramanga), [Tchembere](/source/Tchembere), [Tiakpartia](/source/Tiakpartia), [Tiatiala](/source/Tiatiala), [Touroumini](/source/Touroumini), [Wetietie](/source/Wetietie), [Yadia](/source/Yadia), [Yari](/source/Yari%2C_Benin)

==Notable people==
* [Alphonse Alley](/source/Alphonse_Alley)

==References==
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{{Yoruba topics}}
{{Commune of Bassila}}
{{Communes of Benin}}
{{Donga Department}}
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Category:Arrondissements of Benin
Category:Communes of Benin
Category:Populated places in the Donga Department
Category:Communes in Yorubaland

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