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Benin City

Modelo:Xeografía políticaBenin City
Imaxe

Localización
Mapa
 6°19′03″N 5°36′52″L / 6.3176, 5.6145Coordenadas: 6°19′03″N 5°36′52″L / 6.3176, 5.6145
EstadoNixeria
Estado federadoEstado de Edo Editar o valor en Wikidata
Capital de
Poboación
Poboación1.147.188 (2006) Editar o valor en Wikidata (952,81 hab./km²)
Xeografía
Superficie1.204 km² Editar o valor en Wikidata
Altitude80 m Editar o valor en Wikidata
Creación1899 (Xuliano) Editar o valor en Wikidata
Identificador descritivo
Fuso horario

BNE: XX5538705

Benin City, antigamente chamada tamén Edo, capital do Estado Edo, ao sur de Nixeria. En 2003 contaba cunha poboación de 1 082 100 habitantes.

As principais industrias son o caucho e o aceite de palma. A cidade é tamén célebre pola súa artesanía.

No século XV Benin City foi a capital do Reino de Benín, baixo o goberno de Oba Ewuare.

A cidade foi destruída en 1897 polos británicos durante a chamada Expedición Punitiva en Benín.

Ao principiar a Guerra de Biafra, en 1967, foi a capital do efémero estado secesionista chamado República de Benín (non confundir coa actual República de Benín, tamén chamada Dahomei), pero o exército federal nixeriano non tardou en retomar o control.

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