Claim: The proportion of women in the Zou Department (a department in a country in West Africa formerly known as Dahomey) was 52.20%, while the total rural population and urban population was 67.00% and 33.00%, respectively.
Evidence: Zou is one of the twelve departments of Benin, named for the Zou River which travels through the department before emptying into the Atlantic in the south of the country. Benin (/bɛˈniːn/ (listen) ben-EEN, /bɪˈniːn/ bin-EEN; French: Bénin [benɛ̃), officially the Republic of Benin (French: République du Bénin) and formerly known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. The proportion of women was 52.20%. The total rural population was 67.00%, while the urban population was 33.00%.