Allada

Also known as Commune of Allada, Commune de Allada - Bénin

Allada is a town, arrondissement, and commune, located in the Atlantique Department of Benin.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Allada
Settlement.settlement_type: Commune and city
Settlement.image_skyline: Roi d'Allada-1900.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Benin
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 200
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Benin
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Atlantique Department
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Commune
Settlement.area_total_km2: 381
Settlement.population_as_of: 2013
Settlement.population_total: 127512
Settlement.website: http://www.web-africa.org/allada/

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Wikidata facts

Area: 381
Elevation: 77
Official website: www.web-africa.org/allada
Image: Bonne de kilometrage.jpg

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Allada is a town, arrondissement, and commune, located in the Atlantique Department of Benin.

The current town of Allada corresponds to Great Ardra (also called Grand Ardra, or Arda), which was the capital of a Fon kingdom also called Allada (the kingdom of Ardra or kingdom of Allada), which existed as a sovereign kingdom from around the 13th or 14th century (date of the initial settlements by Aja people, reorganized as a kingdom c. 1600) until 1724, when it fell to the armies of neighbour Kingdom of Dahomey. The present-day commune of Allada covers an area of 381 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 127,512 people.