Porto-Novo

"Porto Novo, también conocida como Hogbonou y Adjacé, es la capital oficial de Benín. La ciudad es un puerto sobre la bahía de Porto-Novo, parte del golfo de Guinea. Porto Novo es la segunda ciudad más grande de Benín, después de Cotonú, la principal ciudad del país, tanto política como culturalmente. La ciudad es el centro de una zona agrícola que produce principalmente aceite de palma, algodón y kapok. En la década de 1990 se encontró petróleo en la costa frente a la ciudad, por lo que se ha convertido en un importante centro de exportación de este hidrocarburo."

"Porto-Novo (also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe) is the capital of Benin, and was the capital of French Dahomey. The commune covers an area of 110 square kilometres (42 sq mi) and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people. It was originally developed as a port for the slave trade, an important part of many European Empires at the time including the Portuguese Empire. Porto-Novo is a port on an inlet of the Gulf of Guinea, in the southeastern portion of the country. It is Benin's second-largest city, and although Porto-Novo is the official capital, where the national legislature sits, the larger city of Cotonou is the seat of government, where most of the government buildings are situated and government departments operate. The region around Porto-Novo produces palm oil, cotton and kapok. Petroleum was discovered off the coast of the city in the 1990s, and has since then become an important export."