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.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Allada is referenced by 204 other articles, and connects out to Porto-Novo, Great Ardra and Benin.

The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including Arrondissements of Benin, Communes of Benin and Populated places in the Atlantique Department.

Its subject is documented across 25 Wikipedia language editions.

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

Instance of: city
Country: Benin
Located in: Atlantique Department
Area: 381
Elevation: 77
Time zone: UTC+01:00
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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Allada” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.