Benin City

Benin City is one of the oldest cities in , dating back to pre-colonial times. It was the capital of one of the most advanced and organised kingdoms in Africa before the arrival of the British.
Wikivoyage
Wikipedia
Faithfulness Opadeji, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ocsfilms, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • City with 1,150,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 88 metres (289 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code BNI
  • …is also known as “Bénin”
  • Description: capital city of Edo State, Nigeria
Ocsfilms, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Benin City

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
6.3331° or 6° 19′ 59″ north
Longitude
5.6221° or 5° 37′ 20″ east
UN/LOCODE
NG BNI
Open location code
6FR78JMC+6R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2149000430
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2347283
Wiki­data ID
Q320704

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Benin City” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Benin-stad”
  • Albanian: “Benin”
  • Amharic: “በንዝ ሲቲ”
  • Arabic: “بنين”
  • Arabic: “مدينة بنين”
  • Armenian: “Բենին Սիթի”
  • Asturian: “Benin City”
  • Azerbaijani: “Benin Şəhəri”
  • Basque: “Benin City”
  • Bavarian: “Benin City”
  • Bavarian: “Benin Stadt”
  • Bavarian: “Benin-Stadt”
  • Belarusian: “Бенін-Сіці”
  • Belarusian: “Бэнін-Сіці”
  • Bengali: “বেনিন শহর”
  • Bengali: “বেনিন সিটি”
  • Bole: “Benin”
  • Bulgarian: “Бенин”
  • Catalan: “Benin City”
  • Cebuano: “Benin City (kapital sa estado)”
  • Cebuano: “Benin City”
  • Chinese: “貝南城”
  • Chinese: “貝寧城”
  • Chinese: “贝宁城”
  • Croatian: “Benin City”
  • Czech: “Benin City”
  • Dagbani: “Benin City”
  • Danish: “Benin City”
  • Dutch: “Benin City”
  • Dutch: “Benin”
  • Esperanto: “Beninurbo”
  • Finnish: “Benin City”
  • Finnish: “Benin”
  • French: “Benin City”
  • French: “Benin”
  • Galician: “Benin City”
  • Georgian: “ბენინ-სითი”
  • German: “Benin City”
  • German: “Benin Stadt”
  • German: “Benin-Stadt”
  • German: “Benin”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Benin City”
  • Greek: “Μπενίν (πόλη)”
  • Gujarati: “બેનિન શહેર”
  • Hausa: “Benin City”
  • Hausa: “Birnin Benin”
  • Hausa: “Birnin Kazaure”
  • Hebrew: “בנין (עיר)”
  • Hebrew: “בנין סיטי”
  • Hindi: “बेनिन शहर”
  • Hindi: “बेनिन सिटी”
  • Hungarian: “Benin City”
  • Hungarian: “Beninváros”
  • Icelandic: “Benínborg”
  • Igbo: “Benin City”
  • Igbo: “Obodo Benin”
  • Indonesian: “Benin City”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Benin”
  • Irish: “Cathair Bheinin”
  • Italian: “Benin City”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Benin City”
  • Japanese: “ベニン・シティ”
  • Japanese: “ベニンシティ”
  • Japanese: “ベニンシティー”
  • Japanese: “ベニン市”
  • Javanese: “Benin City”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆನಿನ್ ನಗರ”
  • Karekare: “Benin City”
  • Kazakh: “Бенин-Сити”
  • Kirghiz: “Бенин-Сити”
  • Korean: “베닌시티”
  • Latin: “Beninum”
  • Latvian: “Benina”
  • Lithuanian: “Benin City”
  • Lithuanian: “Benin Sitis”
  • Lithuanian: “Beninas”
  • Malay: “Benin City”
  • Malayalam: “ബെനിൻ നഗരം”
  • Marathi: “बेनिन शहर”
  • Marathi: “बेनिन सिटी”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Benin City”
  • Northern Frisian: “Benin City”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Benin by”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Benin City”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Benin”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Benin by”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Benin City”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Benin”
  • Norwegian: “Benin by”
  • Norwegian: “Benin City”
  • Oromo: “Magaalaa Benin”
  • Ossetian: “Бенин-Сити”
  • Panjabi: “ਬੇਨਿਨ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ”
  • Persian: “بنین”
  • Persian: “شهر بنین”
  • Polish: “Benin City”
  • Polish: “Benin”
  • Polish: “Wielki Benin”
  • Portuguese: “Benim”
  • Portuguese: “Benin City”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade do Benim”
  • Pushto: “بنن ښار”
  • Romanian: “Benin City”
  • Russian: “Бенин-Сити”
  • Scots: “Benin Ceety”
  • Serbian: “Бенин Сити”
  • Shona: “Benin City”
  • Sinhala: “බෙනින් නගරය”
  • Slovenian: “Benin City”
  • Slovenian: “Benin”
  • Somali: “Magaalada Benin”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بنین (شهر)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بنین”
  • Spanish: “Benin”
  • Spanish: “Benín”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Benín”
  • Swahili: “Benin City”
  • Swahili: “Mji wa Benin”
  • Swedish: “Benin City”
  • Tajik: “Шахри Бенин”
  • Tamil: “பெனின் நகரம்”
  • Tatar: “Бенин-Сити”
  • Telugu: “బెనిన్ నగరం”
  • Thai: “Benin City”
  • Thai: “เบนินซิตี”
  • Turkish: “Benin City”
  • Tyap: “A̱gba̱ndang a̱keang Bini”
  • Tyap: “A̱gba̱ndang A̱keang Bini”
  • Tyap: “A̱keang Bini”
  • Tyap: “Binin Siti”
  • Ukrainian: “Бенін-Сіті”
  • Urdu: “بینن شہر”
  • Uzbek: “Benin City”
  • Uzbek: “Benin-siti”
  • Veps: “Benin Siti”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố Benin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Benin (syudad)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Benin”
  • Wu Chinese: “贝宁城”
  • Yoruba: “Benin City”
  • Yoruba: “Ilu Benin”
  • Yoruba: “Ìlú Benin”
  • Yoruba: “Ilu Ibini”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Benin City”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ugbeku and Ikpoba.

Edo State: Highlights

Learn more about Uselu and Uromi.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.