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Porto-Novo polity
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294932836
APP
2002-02-12
INP
2002-02-12
STA
Approved
UPD
2012-07-20
DUT
Porto-Novo polity
IND
1
MIS
HR. Probably founded in the late 16th cent. as the capital of a small kingdom, Porto-Novo [new port] got its name from the Portuguese, who built a trading post there in the 17th cent. Africans were shipped as slaves from Porto-Novo to the Americas. The Porto-Novo kingdom accepted French encroachment in 1863 as a means of fending off Great Britain, which was active in nearby southern Nigeria. However, the inland Dahomean kingdom of Abomey resented the French presence, and fighting broke out. In 1883 the French navy landed at Porto-Novo and Cotonou. Porto-Novo was incorporated into Dahomey colony and in 1900 was made its capital.
PPN
294932836
UDC
340.141.1Porto-Novo
SN
1688-1894.
MRF
321Porto-Novo
UF
Hogbonu Kingdom
Porto-Novo Kingdom
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