Zou is one of the twelve departments of an African country formerly known as what?
Zou Department: Zou is one of the twelve departments of Benin. Zou Department:  The department obtains its name from the Zou River which travels through the department before emptying into the Atlantic in the south of the country. Benin: Benin ( or - ; ; French: "Bénin" ] ), officially the Republic of Benin (French: "République du Bénin" ) and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa.
Dahomey