Villa Karo
Villa Karo is a Finnish-African culture center and artist residence in the coastal village of Grand-Popo, Benin. Its purpose is to build a bridge between Finnish and African artists and cultural figures.Photo: Fawaz.tairou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Community center
- Description: Finnish-African culture center in Benin
- Address: Grand-Popo
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adjaha and Avloh.
Adjaha
Town
Adjaha is an arrondissement in the Mono department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Grand-Popo. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population of 5,787. Adjaha is situated 5 km north of Villa Karo.
Avloh
Town
Avloh is an arrondissement in the Mono department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Grand-Popo. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population of 3,416. Avloh is situated 8 km east of Villa Karo.
Villa Karo
- Categories: cultural center, museum, laboratory, creative residency, and building
- Location: Grand-Popo, Mono Department, Southern Benin, Benin, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
6.27897° or 6° 16′ 44″ northLongitude
1.82551° or 1° 49′ 32″ eastLevels
2Open location code
6FR37RHG+H6OpenStreetMap ID
way 606261726OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=community_centreOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q20380202
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Villa Karo” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Villa Karo”
- Catalan: “Villa Karo”
- Dutch: “Villa Karo”
- Finnish: “Villa Karo”
- Fon: “Villa Karo”
- French: “Villa Karo”
- German: “Villa Karo”
- Igbo: “Villa Karo”
- Italian: “Villa Karo”
- Polish: “Villa Karo”
- Portuguese: “Villa Karo”
- Spanish: “Villa Karo”
- “Villa Karo”
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