Abomey [a.bɔ.mɛ] is the capital of the Zou Department of Benin. The commune of Abomey covers an area of 142 square kilometres and, as of 2012, had a population...

Abomey-Calavi [a.bɔ.mɛ.ka.la.vi] is a city, arrondissement, and commune located in the Atlantique Department of Benin. It is now essentially a suburb of...

The Royal Palaces of Abomey are 12 palaces spread over an area of 40 hectares (100 acres) at the heart of the Abomey town in Benin, formerly the capital...

Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. It developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional...

Retrieved August 14, 2018. Historical Museum of Abomey. "The Amazons". Historical Museum of Abomey. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved...

to buy arms in preparation for another battle. In 1892, the soldiers of Abomey attacked villages near Grand Popo and Porto-Novo in an effort to reassert...

allowed to return and to live in the Save Region. He occasionally returned to Abomey in order to perform ancestor worship for the departed kings. Agoli-agbo's...

The University of Abomey-Calavi (French: Université d'Abomey-Calavi) is the principal public university in the west African country of Benin. The university...

to legitimize the ruling dynasty over the indigenous inhabitants of the Abomey plateau. One legend tells that Dakodonou's original name was Dako but he...

1645-1685) who built the Royal Palaces of Abomey and began raiding and taking over towns outside of the Abomey plateau. At the same time, the slave trade...

in mid-August toward their final destination of the Dahomey capital of Abomey. The French invasion force assembled at the village of Dogba on 14 September...

1°59′57″E / 7.185737°N 1.999083°E / 7.185737; 1.999083 The Battle of Abomey (1892) was the climactic struggle in the Dahomey War between France and...

Kingdom of Dahomey, consisting mostly of Fon people, was founded on the Abomey plateau and began taking over areas along the coast. By 1727, King Agaja...

claimed that he settled a large group of Aja people from Allada on the Abomey plateau amongst the local inhabitants in c. 1620. His son Dakodonu would...

Dynamo Abomey FC are a Beninese football club based in Abomey. They last played in the Benin Premier League during the abandoned 2010/11 season. Diogo...

an extension to the existing World Heritage Site of the Royal Palaces of Abomey in 1995 (though still awaiting official recognition by UNESCO), and was...

political solution. The Palace and seat of government were in the town of Abomey. Early historiography of the King of Dahomey presented them as absolute...

255,478 Abomey - 117,824 Djougou - 94,773 Bohicon - 93,744 Kandi - 56,043 Natitingou - 53,284 Ouidah - 47,616 Lokossa - 47,247 Abomey Abomey-Calavi Adja-Ouere...

from the Kingdom of Abomey to the south. Savalou was able to resist them for over a century, but gradually became vassalized by Abomey in the middle of the...

to Suzanne Preston Blier, who undertook a year of research in 1985–86 in Abomey and the nearby area, highlights the importance of remaining calm in contexts...

fought the French colonial forces in 1890. Cities built by the Fon include Abomey, the historical capital city of Dahomey on what was historically referred...

Dakodonu and that a Gedevi woman (the Gedevi were the native people of the Abomey Plateau) named Adanon was betrothed to Dakodonu. Although the woman was...

main yearly celebration in the Kingdom of Dahomey, held at the capital, Abomey. These ceremonies were largely started under King Agaja around 1730 and...

following the University of Abomey-Calavi. In the 2010s, Benin officially had seven public universities, including those in Kétou, Abomey, Lokossa, Porto-Novo...

city of Great Ardra, reigning over the Allada kingdom; Do-Aklin founded Abomey, which would become capital of the Kingdom of Dahomey; and Te-Agbanlin founded...

universities in the Republic of Benin. This is how UNTS joined the University of Abomey-Calavi and the University of Parakou, which were the two main public universities...

list. As of 2023, Benin has three World Heritage Sites. Royal Palaces of Abomey W-Arly-Pendjari Complex Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba   * Transnational...

Houari Boumediene  Angola Agostinho Neto University  Benin University of Abomey-Calavi  Botswana Botho University Botswana Accountancy College Botswana...

the first President of Angola.  Benin (Abomey-Calavi) Republic of Dahomey (Abomey-Calavi) University of Abomey-Calavi 1970 Originally the University of...

The Diocese of Abomey (Latin: Dioecesis Abomeiensis) is a Catholic Latin Church diocese located in the city of Abomey in the ecclesiastical province of...