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Porto-Novo

Capital of Benin

Watercolour of Porto-Novo, Benin. The historic royal capital of Hogbonu on the coastal lagoon, with Grand Mosque of Porto-Novo and Musée Da Silva.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Grand Mosque of Porto-Novo; Musée Da Silva; Royal Palace of King Toffa; Porto-Novo Lagoon; distinctive "Aguda" architecture; dense tropical greenery; National Assembly of Benin; Yoruba/Fon
Viewpoint
Favor an elevated viewpoint overlooking the lagoon toward the historic center, showing traditional fishing pirogues in the foreground, the baroque-inspired Grand Mosque and Aguda mansions rising among palm trees in the middle-ground, and the vast lagoon horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick palm groves, lagoon mangrove beds, and ancient mango trees.
Guarded against
Avoid making Porto-Novo look like Cotonou (no heavy industrial port or dense traffic overpasses); Porto-Novo is a quiet, historic, lagoon-side cultural capital of deep architectural significance.
Population264,320
Coordinates6.50°N, 2.60°E
Elevation38 m
Area52 km²
Time zoneAfrica/Porto-NovoUTC+1
Solar noon12:50clock runs 0.8 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Porto-Novo and you surface nearest to Teone Village, Tuvalu — 436 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

LagosNG87 km
LoméTG158 km
IbadanNG175 km
IlorinNG309 km
AccraGH327 km
Benin CityNG335 km
OnitshaNG465 km
KumasiGH467 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Porto-Novo inside this atlas.

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