Allada
Allada is a town, arrondissement, and commune, located in the Atlantique Department of Benin. The current town of Allada corresponds to Great Ardra, which was the capital of a Fon kingdom also called Allada, which existed as a sovereign kingdom from around the 13th or 14th century until 1724, when it fell to the armies of neighbour Kingdom of Dahomey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 130,000 residents
- Description: commune and city in Atlantique Department, Benin
- Also known as: “Commune de Allada - Bénin” and “Commune of Allada”
Photo: Gildaskiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Place TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE.
Place TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE
Monument
Photo: Rachad sanoussi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Place TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE is a monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Togoudo and Attogon.
Togoudo
Village
Togoudo is a town and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Allada.
Attogon
Village
Attogon is a town and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Allada.
Lissègazoun
Village
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Lissègazoun is a town and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Allada. Lissègazoun is situated 8 km southwest of Allada.
Allada
- Categories: commune of Benin and locality
- Location: Allada, Atlantique Department, Benin, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
6.66584° or 6° 39′ 57″ northLongitude
2.15119° or 2° 9′ 4″ eastPopulation
130,000Elevation
93 metres (305 feet)Open location code
6FR4M582+8FOpenStreetMap ID
node 2313207442OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
2395635Wikidata ID
Q960239
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Allada” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ألادا”
- Basque: “Allada”
- Catalan: “regne d’Allada”
- Cebuano: “Allada”
- Cebuano: “Commune of Allada”
- Chinese: “阿拉達”
- Dutch: “Allada”
- Finnish: “Allada”
- Fon: “Alada”
- French: “Allada”
- German: “Allada”
- Greek: “Αλαντά”
- Indonesian: “Allada”
- Italian: “Allada”
- Japanese: “アラダ”
- Lithuanian: “Alada (miestas)”
- Lithuanian: “Alada”
- Malay: “Allada”
- Northern Frisian: “Allada”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Allada”
- Norwegian: “Allada”
- Persian: “آلادا، بنین”
- Persian: “آلادا”
- Polish: “Allada”
- Portuguese: “Aladá”
- Portuguese: “Allada”
- Romanian: “Allada”
- Russian: “Аллада”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Allada”
- South Azerbaijani: “آلادا، بنین”
- South Azerbaijani: “آلادا”
- Spanish: “Allada”
- Swedish: “Allada”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include ALLADA Poste SK 1 and Commissariat de police d’Allada.
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