Abomey-Calavi
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Abomey-Calavi is a city, arrondissement, and commune located in the Atlantique Department of Benin. It is now essentially a suburb of Cotonou and at its closest it begins approximately 18 km from the city centre of Cotonou. The main cities of the commune are Abomey-Calavi itself and Godomey to the south. The commune covers an area of 650 square kilometres and as at the May 2013 Census had a population of 655,965 people. Projected to be the eleventh fastest growing city on the African continent between 2020 and 2025, with a 5.27% growth.
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It sits within the topics Arrondissements of Benin, Communes of Benin and Populated places in the Atlantique Department.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Abomey-Calavi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Abomey-Calavi vue.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Abomey-Calavi
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Abomey-Calavi in Benin
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Benin
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 200
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Atlantique Department
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013 Census
- Settlement.population_total
- 655965
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 650
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 54
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Benin
- Demonym
- calavienne
- Country
- Benin
- Located in
- Atlantique Department
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 656358
- Area
- 650
- Elevation
- 54
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Ouidah
- Image
- Abomey-Calavi vue.jpg
- Calling code
- +229
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Abomey-Calavi is a city, arrondissement, and commune located in the Atlantique Department of Benin. It is now essentially a suburb of Cotonou and at its closest it begins approximately 18 km from the city centre of Cotonou. The main cities of the commune are Abomey-Calavi itself and Godomey to the south. The commune covers an area of 650 square kilometres and as at the May 2013 Census had a population of 655,965 people. Projected to be the eleventh fastest growing city on the African continent between 2020 and 2025, with a 5.27% growth.
The city is home to a constituent monarchy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abomey-Calavi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.