Ouidah

Ouidah is a railway station in Atlantique Department, Benin. Ouidah is situated nearby to the church Assemblée de Dieu, as well as near the square Place Chacha.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá and Basilique de l’Immaculée Conception.

Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Forte de São João Baptista de Ajudá is a small restored fort in Ouidah, Benin. Built in 1721, it was the last of three European forts built in that town to tap the slave trade of the Slave Coast. Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá is situated 730 metres northeast of Ouidah.

Basilique de l’Immaculée Conception

Church

Photo: Danearlaffo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Basilique de l'Immaculée Conception is a Catholic minor basilica dedicated to the Immaculate Conception located in Ouidah, Benin. The basilica is in the Latin Church Archdiocese of Cotonou. The basilica was dedicated on November 9, 1989. Basilique de l’Immaculée Conception is situated 780 metres north of Ouidah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ouidah and Djégbadji.

Ouidah

Photo: Hinnou Gontran Serge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ouidah or Whydah, and known locally as Glexwe, formerly the chief port of the Kingdom of Whydah, is a city on the coast of the Republic of Benin. The commune covers an area of 364 km2 and as of 2002 had a population of 76,555 people.

Djégbadji

Village

Photo: Padonou Dotou, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Djégbadji is a town and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Ouidah. Djégbadji is situated 3 km south of Ouidah.

Savi

Village

Savi is a town and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Ouidah. Savi is situated 8 km north of Ouidah.

Ouidah

Type: Railway station
Category: transportation
Location: Atlantique Department, Benin, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude

6.35373° or 6° 21′ 13″ north

Longitude

2.08631° or 2° 5′ 11″ east

Open location code

6FR4933P+FG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7908617820

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

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