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    Abomey is the capital of the Zou Department of Benin. The commune of Abomey covers an area of 142 square kilometres and, as of 2012, had a population...
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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...
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    The Royal Palaces of Abomey are 12 palaces spread over an area of 40 hectares (100 acres) at the heart of the Abomey town in Benin, formerly the capital...
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    Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. It developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional...
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    Béhanzin (redirect from Behanzin of Abomey)
    to buy arms in preparation for another battle. In 1892, the soldiers of Abomey attacked villages near Grand Popo and Porto-Novo in an effort to reassert...
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    allowed to return and to live in the Save Region. He occasionally returned to Abomey in order to perform ancestor worship for the departed kings. Agoli-agbo's...
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    Retrieved August 14, 2018. Historical Museum of Abomey. "The Amazons". Historical Museum of Abomey. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved...
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    255,478 Abomey - 117,824 Djougou - 94,773 Bohicon - 93,744 Kandi - 56,043 Natitingou - 53,284 Ouidah - 47,616 Lokossa - 47,247 Abomey Abomey-Calavi Athiémè...
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    in mid-August toward their final destination of the Dahomey capital of Abomey. The French invasion force assembled at the village of Dogba on 14 September...
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    Kingdom of Dahomey, consisting mostly of Fon people, was founded on the Abomey plateau and began taking over areas along the coast. By 1727, King Agaja...
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