| Southern Benin | |
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| State | Benin |
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Southern Benin is the flat region of the Benin near the Atlantic Ocean.
To know
Territories and tourist destinations
Ouando market, a Porto-Novo
Urban centers
- Abomey - Royal palaces protected byUNESCO. Former capital of what was once the powerful and bloody kingdom of Dahomey, able to stand up to the French colonists. The whole city is dotted with 12 royal palaces, one for each king, and temples. You can visit the Abomey museum, right inside the palace of King Glelé and his father Guezo, where the famous throne resting on 4 skulls is kept.
- Avrankou - Located in the department of Ouémé.
- Bohicon - Located in the department of Zou.
- Cotonou - Chaotic port city on the Gulf of Guinea and international airport. It is also the seat of the government.
- Ganvié - Pretty lakeside village on stilts.
- Grand-Popo - Beach resort town on the border with Togo.
- Kétou - Located in the Plateau department.
- Ouidah - The city from which, after a ritual of excommunication that deprived them of Voodoo initiation, the slaves left, sold by their countrymen and bought by the whites.
- Porto-Novo - The capital of Benin.
How to get
By plane
- Cardinal Bernardin Gantin-Cadjehoun International Airport (IATA: COO) (Located in the west of Cotonou). The airport, the largest and most important in the nation ofWest Africa, is the only one that offers regular air transport services, both in the routes within the Beninese territory and in the international connections to some of the major African airports, in Europe, in Belgium is France, and in Turkey.
