page_title: Bohicon
section_title: Notable landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: Bohicon / Notable landmarks
caption_attribution_description: English: Entrance to the Parc Archeologique d'Agongointo
context_page_description: Bohicon is a city in Benin, and a conurbation of Abomey lying 9 kilometres east of the city on the railway line from Cotonou to Parakou and on Benin's main highway RNIE 2 which joins the RNIE 4. The commune covers an area of 139 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 113,091 people.
  Bohicon is the crossroads of international trade at the center of Benin. Bohicon is an important in communications in Benin and branches to the various departments of the country, including to the north of Benin and on to Niger or Burkina Faso and even Togo or Nigeria. Bohicon is a relatively new city compared to Abomey and Allada and was founded in the 20th century with the installation of the railway station on the Cotonou–Parakou railway and the central market.
context_section_description: Lycée Technique de Bohicon (LYTEB)
  Collège Monseigneur Steinmetz
  Bohicon Railway Station
  Parc Archeologique d'Agongointo
caption: Entrance to the Parc Archéologique d'Agongointo
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