10 Best Places to Visit in Benin | Travel Video | Travel Guide | SKY Travel
10 Best Places to Visit in Benin | Travel Video | Travel Guide | SKY Travel
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01.Cotonou
02.Ouidah
03.Porto Novo
04.Abomey
05.Grand-Popo
06.Natitingou
07.Bohicon
08.Tanguieta
09.Parakou
10.Lake Nokoue
Benin
Country in West Africa
Benin, a French-speaking West African nation, is a birthplace of the vodun (or “voodoo”) religion and home to the former Dahomey Kingdom from circa 1600–1900. In Abomey, Dahomey's former capital, the Historical Museum occupies two royal palaces with bas-reliefs recounting the kingdom’s past and a throne mounted on human skulls. To the north, Pendjari National Park offers safaris with elephants, hippos and lions. ― Google
TOP 14 PLACES TO VISIT IN BENIN /COTONOU // PORTO-NOVO
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS TO VISIT IN BENIN
COTONOU
OUIDAH
PORTO NOVO
ABOMEY
GRAND POPO
NATITINGOU
BOHICON
TANGUIETA
PARAKOU
LAKE NOKOUE
TCHAOUROU
TCHAOUROU
NIKKI
BOUKOUMBE
MALANVILLE
11 Beautiful Places to Visit in Benin!!!????#shorts
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1 Cotonou
2 Ouidah
3 Porto Novo
4. Abomey
5 Grand-Popo
6 Natitingou
7 Tanguieta
8 Lake Nokoue
9. Nikki
10. Pehunco
11. Boukoumbe
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Astonishing Beaches you must visit in Cotonou. Benin Republic
Astonishing Beaches you must visit in Cotonou. Benin Republic, beach hotel, place to relax and have fun in the beaches of cotonou
Many associate Cotonou only with its seaport and business districts of Benin Republic but, this French town has a whole lot more to offer than just a destination for importation of cars and household items or a business hub.
Join us as we take you on a journey to discover one of West Africa’s beautiful coastal city.
Cotonou is a home to an array of spectacular sights and places of interest.
Being a coastal city, it is naturally covered with an array of beaches, many pristine and quite astonishing. Listed below are some of the top 5 (five) astonishing beaches in Cotonou.
1. Cotonou Beach –
With its pure white sand and sparkling blue sea water, Cotonou beach is a sight to behold and be appreciated.
2. Hotel Benin Marina Beach –
arguably in the top 3 of the best beaches in the city. Sited before the imposing Hotel Benin, Marina Beach could give its European and American counterpart a run for their money! Both for its surrounding and excellent service, Marina Beach is a must visit.
spectacular beaches in cotonou,
3. Fidjrosse Beach
is another pristine beach. The beach stretches on end and provides visitors with a cool breeze atmosphere, thanks to its dozens of palm and coconut trees.
4. Hotel Eldorado Beach Club
offers its guests a wide range of what has been described as first class treatment.
5. Obama Beach
As a first time visitor to Cotonou, you’ll simply be spoilt for choices as to the many attractions, activities and fun places the city has to offer. There’s even a beach named after the president of the United States of America!
The coastal city of Cotonou is abundantly blessed with severally other beaches and places of interest, is a place to visit.
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Royal palaces of Abomey. Benin. Unesco Heritage.
The Royal Palaces of Abomey is a complex of 12 palaces of Dahomey rulers, covering an area of 40 hectares in the center of the Beninese city of Abomey. With the change of the ruler, a new palace was built next to the old ones, so the complex serves as a unique monument of the disappeared state. In 1985, the site was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Since Abomey was hit by a hurricane a year before, which damaged some buildings, the complex was included in the List of World Heritage Sites under threat of destruction. Restoration work was carried out with the participation of some international agencies. Taking this into account, UNESCO in 2007 excluded the object from the last list.
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Benin ; French: Bénin [benɛ̃]), officially the Republic of Benin (French: République du Bénin) and formerly known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its population lives on the small southern coastline of the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean. The capital of Benin is Porto-Novo, but the seat of government is in Cotonou, the country's largest city and economic capital. Benin covers an area of 114,763 square kilometres (44,310 sq mi) and its population in 2018 was estimated to be approximately 11.49 million Benin is a tropical nation, highly dependent on agriculture, and is a large exporter of palm oil and cotton. Substantial employment and income arise from subsistence farming.
The official language of Benin is French, with several indigenous languages such as Fon, Bariba, Yoruba and Dendi also being commonly spoken. The largest religious group in Benin is Roman Catholicism, followed closely by Islam, Vodun (commonly referred to as Voodoo outside the country) and Protestantism. Benin is a member of the United Nations, the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone, La Francophonie, the Community of Sahel–Saharan States, the African Petroleum Producers Association and the Niger Basin Authority.
From the 17th to the 19th century, the main political entities in the area were the Kingdom of Dahomey, along with the city-state of Porto-Novo, and a large area with many different nations to the north. This region was referred to as the Slave Coast from as early as the 17th century due to the large number of people who were kidnapped and trafficked to the New World during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. After slavery was abolished, France took over the country and renamed it French Dahomey. In 1960, Dahomey gained full independence from France. The sovereign state has had a tumultuous history since then, with many different democratic governments, military coups, and military governments. A self-described Marxist–Leninist state called the People's Republic of Benin existed between 1975 and 1990. Alibori Kandi Borgou North North East
1 Atakora Natitingou 769,337 20,499 Atakora North North West
10 Atlantique Allada 1,396,548 3,233 Atlantique South South Centre
4 Borgou Parakou 1,202,095 25,856 Borgou North North East
5 Collines Dassa-Zoumé 716,558 13,931 Zou North North Centre
6 Kouffo Aplahoué 741,895 2,404 Mono South South West
3 Donga Djougou 542,605 11,126 Atakora North North West
11 Littoral Cotonou 678,874 79 Atlantique South South Centre
9 Mono Lokossa 495,307 1,605 Mono South South West
12 Ouémé Porto-Novo 1,096,850 1,281 Ouémé South South East
8 Plateau Pobè 624,146 3,264 Ouémé South South East
7 Zou Abomey 851,623 5,243 Zou North North Centre
Demographics
Ethnic Groups of Benin (2013 Census)
Fon (38.4%)
Adja & Mina (15.1%)
Yoruba (12%)
Bariba (9.6%)
Fula (8.6%)
Ottamari (6.1%)
Yoa-Lokpa (4.3%)
Dendi (2.9%)
Other (2.8%)
The majority of Benin's 11,485,000 inhabitants live in the south of the country. The population is young, with a life expectancy of 62 years. About 42 African ethnic groups live in this country, including the Yoruba in the southeast (migrated from what is now Nigeria in the 12th century); the Dendi in the north-central area (who came from Mali in the 16th century); the Bariba and the Fula in the northeast; the Betammaribe and the Somba in the Atakora Mountains; the Fon in the area around Abomey in the South Central and the Mina, Xueda, and Aja (who came from Togo) on the coast.
Recent migrations have brought other African nationals to Benin that include Nigerians, Togolese, and Malians. The foreign community also includes many Lebanese and Indians involved in trade and commerce. The personnel of the many European embassies and foreign aid missions and of nongovernmental organisations and various missionary groups account for a large part of the 5,500 European population. A small part of the European population consists of Beninese citizens of French ancestry.
Largest cities or towns in Benin
Rank Name Department Pop.
Cotonou
Cotonou
Porto-Novo
Porto-Novo 1 Cotonou Littoral 679,012
2 Porto-Novo Ouémé 264,320
3 Parakou Borgou 255,478
4 Godomey Atlantique 253,262
5 Abomey-Calavi Atlantique 117,824
6 Djougou Donga 94,773
7 Bohicon Zou 93,744
8 Ekpè Ouémé 75,313
9 Abomey Zou 67,885
10 Nikki Borgou mapa de Benin Africa
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Tata Somba - Benin
The distinctive house construction style called the Tata Somba from the Betamaribé people. These ones found near Natitingou, Benin. 2005.
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The Somba people, also called Ditamari, are an African ethnic group found primarily in northwestern Benin and northern Togo. The name is a generic term for the Betammaribe and related peoples, who make up about 8% of Benin’s population. Their language is the “Ditammari language”, also known as Tamberma, and it is a northern branch of the Niger-Congo family of languages.
The Somba people are known for their traditional body scarring rituals, starting between the age of two and three. These special marks are a form of lifelong identification marks (tattoo ID), which identify a person as belonging to one’s tribe as well as more coded personal information. Additional marks are added at puberty, readiness for marriage, post-child birth as a form of visible communication. These scars range from some on the face, to belly and back.
They are regionally famous for their distinctive house construction style called the Tata Somba. It consists of a ground floor which houses a kitchen and livestock owned by the family, the upper floor or roof designed to dry grains and to sleep.These castle-shaped houses also integrated their traditional spiritual beliefs, and their aim to protect themselves and animal life from natural and supernatural dangers. These homes may have developed as a means to resist night raids during the era when slave hunters in West Africa roamed to kidnap their victims for sale.
The castle-style homes of the Somba people are known as Takienta in the Koutammakou region of Togo. The uniqueness and sophistication of this architecture has been recognized since 2004 by UNESCO as a world heritage site, with the statement, “Koutammakou is an outstanding example of territorial occupation by a people in constant search of harmony between man and the surrounding nature”.The residences of the Somba people have become an attraction in the fledgling tourist industry of Benin and Togo.
They are especially found in towns such as Nikki and Kandi that were once Bariba kingdoms and in Parakou in mid-eastern Benin. However, there is also a significant population of Somba in northwest Benin in the Atacora region in cities such as Natitingou and a number of villages. Many Somba in the northwest have migrated to the east. In Parakou the Guema market was founded by a Somba tribe who migrated from Atacora, and it specializes in beef and pork and local millet beer known as choukachou.
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Did you know that Dantokpa Market is the largest open-air market in West Africa? It’s located in Cotonou, Benin Republic. When they say Nigerians are everywhere, they’re not joking. From Marlian fans to Zanku dancers and a Justin that sells shoes, watch this video to peep all the wonderful things you can get at Dantokpa.
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Riding a Motorcycle in Africa
In Benin, one of the best ways of getting around is on a zemidjan- a motorcycle taxi. 'Zemidjan' means get-me-there-fast in one of the local languages, Fon. I had a meeting with the Mayor of Nikki so I decided to take a zemidjan the 35 kilometers from my village, Biro, to Nikki. My friend, Djima, is driving the bike. You can see the villages flying past us on our way.
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欧洲资本积累有多肮脏？揭秘罪恶的黑奴贸易，非洲损失了2亿人！
为什么最近非洲这么多国家发生政变？其根源是什么？独立了几十年的非洲国家为何为何依然贫困，欧洲人在非洲又做了什么？
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