Place:Porto-Novo, Ouémé, Benin

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NamePorto-Novo
TypeCity
Coordinates6.467°N 2.6°E
Located inOuémé, Benin     (1500 - )
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Porto-Novo (Portuguese: "New Port", , ; also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe; ) is the capital of Benin. The commune covers an area of and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people.

Situated on an inlet of the Gulf of Guinea, in the southeastern portion of the country, the city was originally developed as a port for the transatlantic slave trade led by the Portuguese Empire. It is Benin's second-largest city, and although it is the official capital, where the national legislature sits, the larger city of Cotonou is the seat of government, where most of the government buildings are situated and government departments operate.

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