Kouffo is one of the twelve departments of Benin. The area of Kouffo is 2,404 km.² or 928 mi.². Kouffo borders the country of Togo and it also borders the deparments of Mono, Zou, and Atlantique. This department was formed in 1999 when it split from the department of Mono. The capital hasn't been chosen as of January 2006 but it will probably be Dogbo.