Porto-Novo

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Porto-Novo is the official capital city of Benin, known for its colonial architecture and role as a political and cultural center in West Africa.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 6.4969 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 2.6283 ⓘ
country Benin ⓘ
currency West African CFA franc ⓘ
deJureCapitalOf Benin ⓘ
demographicFeature ethnically diverse population ⓘ
economicActivity services ⓘ
small-scale industry ⓘ
trade ⓘ
formerColonialPower France ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
governmentBranchHosted National Assembly of Benin ⓘ
legislative branch of Benin ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution King Toffa’s palace museum ⓘ
ethnographic museum ⓘ
hasFunction seat of the National Assembly ⓘ
hasHeritage colonial architecture ⓘ
hasLandmark Brazilian-style colonial houses ⓘ
Porto-Novo Cathedral ⓘ
hasLocalName Adjatchè ⓘ
Hogbonu ⓘ
historicalRole center of Afro-Brazilian culture in Benin ⓘ
former slave-trading port region ⓘ
isCapitalOf Ouémé Department ⓘ
isDifferentFrom Cotonou ⓘ
isOfficialCapitalOf Benin ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
southern Benin ⓘ
locatedInCountryCapitalRegion Ouémé Department ⓘ
locatedOn Lagoon of Porto-Novo ⓘ
nearBorderWith Nigeria ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
populationEstimate over 250000 inhabitants ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
religionPresent Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Vodun ⓘ
roadConnection Cotonou ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
role administrative capital of Benin ⓘ
cultural center of Benin ⓘ
political center of Benin ⓘ
timeZone UTC+1 ⓘ
West Africa Time ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Benin → hasCapital → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Bight of Benin → hasCoastalCity → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Battle of Porto Novo (1781) → location → Porto Novo ⓘ
linked to: Porto-Novo
Colony of Dahomey → capital → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Slave Coast → majorPort → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Toffa I of Porto-Novo → residence → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Gun language → spokenIn → Porto-Novo ⓘ
flag of Benin → capitalOfCountry → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Lagoon of Porto-Novo → borders → Porto-Novo ⓘ
King Toffa’s palace museum → cityCapitalContext → Porto-Novo is the official capital of Benin ⓘ
linked to: Porto-Novo
Porto-Novo Cathedral → locatedIn → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Hogbonu → hasNameInLanguage → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Hogbonu → historicalName → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Hogbonu → traditionalNameFor → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Adjatchè → localNameOf → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Adjatchè → alternativeName → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Adjatchè → sameAs → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Benin → hasCapital → Porto-Novo ⓘ
subject linked to: Adjatchè
Ouémé Department → capital → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Ouémé Department → contains → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Battle of Porto Novo → location → Porto Novo ⓘ
linked to: Porto-Novo
Kandi → governingCountryCapital → Porto-Novo ⓘ