Ouidah
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.
- City with about 162,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
- Description: city in Benin
- Also known as“Juda”“Whydah”“Wida”“圣约翰堡”
Places of Interest
Discover Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá and Basilique de l’Immaculée Conception.
Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá
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The Forte de São João Baptista de Ajudá is a small restored fort in Ouidah, Benin.
Basilique de l’Immaculée Conception
The Basilique de l'Immaculée Conception is a Catholic…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Djégbadji.
Djégbadji
Djégbadji is a town and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin.
Ouidah
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Latitude
6.3666° or 6° 21′ 60″ north
Longitude
2.0854° or 2° 5′ 7″ east
UN/LOCODE
BJ OIH
Open location code
6FR4938P+J4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Yoruba—“Ouidah” goes by many names.
OuidahAkan
أويداArabic
ويداهArabic
ՎիդաArmenian
VidaAzerbaijani
OuidahBasque
ЎідаBelarusian
УидаBulgarian
OuidahCatalan
OuidahCebuano
Ouidah (kapital sa departamento sa Benin)Cebuano
威达Chinese
威達Chinese
维达Chinese
OuidahCroatian
AjudáCzech
HwedaCzech
OuidahCzech
WhydahCzech
OuidahDanish
OuidahDutch
São João Baptista de AjudáDutch
WhydahDutch
OuidahEsperanto
OuidahFinnish
GlexwéFon
OuidahFon
ΟυιντάGreek
OuidahHausa
וידהHebrew
OuidahHungarian
OuidahInari Sami
OuidahIndonesian
OuidahItalian
ウィダーJapanese
우이다Korean
UidaLithuanian
VidahasLithuanian
OuidahLuxembourgish
OuidahMalay
OuidahNorthern Frisian
JudaNorwegian Bokmål
OuidahNorwegian Bokmål
WhydahNorwegian Bokmål
OuidahNorwegian Nynorsk
اویدهPersian
OuidahPolish
OuidahRomanian
ВидаRussian
ВидыRussian
OuidahSerbo-Croatian
OuidahShona
OuidahSlovenian
اویدهSouth Azerbaijani
اویده، بنینSouth Azerbaijani
OuidahSwahili
AjudáSwedish
OuidahSwedish
ВідаUkrainian
УїдаUkrainian
ویدہUrdu
OuidahWelsh
OuidahYoruba
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