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Okouta-Boussa

floating Civilization in Donga Department, Benin

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ7082533 ↗
Source-derived summary

Okouta-Boussa is a village in the commune of Bassila in the Donga Department of western Benin.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Okouta-Boussa” as floating Civilization in Donga Department, Benin. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Okouta-Boussa, floating and Civilization.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 16-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Okouta-Boussa, floating and Civilization providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Okouta-Boussa”, the useful work is to connect “floating Civilization in Donga Department, Benin” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7082533. Authority coordinates are 8.717, 1.700. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “Okouta-Boussa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.