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Allada
Atlantique, Benin · Africa
About Allada
Allada sits on the route: 20 minutes from Sé.
Allada is in Atlantique, Benin, with about 23,000 people. The nearest town is Sé, about 11 km away.
Allada [a.la.da] is a town, arrondissement, and commune, located in the Atlantique Department of Benin.
The current town of Allada corresponds to Great Ardra (also called Grand Ardra, or Arda), which was the capital of an Adja-Eʋe kingdom also called Allada (the kingdom of Ardra or kingdom of Allada), which existed asRead more
a sovereign kingdom from around the 13th or 14th century (date of the initial settlements by Aja people, reorganized as a kingdom c. 1600) until 1724, when it fell to the armies of neighbour Kingdom of Dahomey. The present-day commune of Allada covers an area of 381 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 127,512 people.
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Allada is in Atlantique, Benin, about 11 km from Sé.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 23,287
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Benin
- Region
- Atlantique
- Timezone
- Africa/Porto-Novo
- Coordinates
- 6.6655, 2.1514
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