Gendarmes in the village of Porga arrested suspected traffickers trying to cross the Benin-Burkina Faso border en route to Ivory Coast with five children in April 2009, and delivered them to the court at Natitingou.
Villanova University Men's Basketball player Mouphtau Yarou is a native of Natitingou.
White-throated Greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigularis) has been recorded at Tanguiéta and the White-throated Francolin (Francolinus albogularis), a rare resident, has been spotted in farmland south of Natitingou.
Nata attended Natitingou Catholic Primary School for four years starting in 1954 and ended in 1960.