Allada

Allada
Allada is located in Benin
Allada
Allada
Location in Benin
Coordinates: 6°39′N 2°09′E / 6.650°N 2.150°E / 6.650; 2.150
Country Benin
DepartmentAtlantique Department
Area
 • Total381 km2 (147 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total127,512
Websitehttp://www.web-africa.org/allada/

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.[1]

  1. ^ "Communes of Benin". Statoids. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2010.

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