Porto-Novo

E171111
capital city city human settlement

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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Porto-Novo canonical 10
Porto Novo 1

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 (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time

Referenced by (11)

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

Benin → hasCapital → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Benin → capitalRecognizedByConstitution → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Bight of Benin → hasCoastalCity → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Ordre de l’Étoile noire → foundedIn → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Battle of Porto Novo (1781) → location → Porto-Novo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Porto Novo
National Assembly of Benin → meetsIn → Porto-Novo ⓘ
National Assembly of Benin → capitalCityOfMeetingPlace → Porto-Novo ⓘ
National Assembly of Benin → cityOfSeat → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Colony of Dahomey → capital → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Colony of Dahomey → administrativeCenter → Porto-Novo ⓘ
Slave Coast → majorPort → Porto-Novo ⓘ