Ganvie

Ganvie is a lake village in , Africa, lying in , near . With a population of around 20,000 people, it is probably the largest lake village in Africa and is very popular with tourists.
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  • Type: Town with 20,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Benin
  • Also known as: “Canvie” and “Ganvié”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vekky.

Town
is a town and arrondissement in the of southern . It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of . is situated 4 km northeast of Ganvie.

Ganvie

Latitude
6.4681° or 6° 28′ 5″ north
Longitude
2.39° or 2° 23′ 24″ east
Population
20,000
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
6FR4F99Q+6X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2508223246
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2394227
Wiki­data ID
Q1493703
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ganvie” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جانفي (قرية)”
  • Arabic: “جانفي”
  • Asturian: “Ganvie”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qanvie”
  • Bulgarian: “Ганви”
  • Bulgarian: “Ганвие”
  • Dutch: “Ganvie”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جانفى”
  • Esperanto: “Ganvié”
  • Finnish: “Ganvie”
  • French: “Ganvie”
  • French: “Ganvié”
  • German: “Ganvié”
  • Hebrew: “גאנביה”
  • Indonesian: “Ganvie”
  • Irish: “Ganvie”
  • Italian: “Ganvié”
  • Japanese: “ガンビエ”
  • Lithuanian: “Ganvi”
  • Polish: “Ganvie”
  • Romanian: “Ganvie”
  • Russian: “Ганвие”
  • Russian: “Ганвье”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ganvié”
  • Spanish: “Ganvie”
  • Spanish: “Ganvié”
  • Swedish: “Ganvie”
  • Turkish: “Ganvie”
  • Vietnamese: “Ganvie”
  • “Ganvié”

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