It is Benin's second-largest city, and although Porto-Novo is the official capital, the city of Cotonou is not only larger but also more important, culturally and politically: Cotonou is the seat of government.

Glele also signed treaties with the French, who had previously acquired a concession in Porto-Novo from its king.

Apithy also served a variety of functions not related to the Assembly, such as being elected mayor of Porto-Novo in 1956.

Cotonou (), as the largest city and economic capital of Benin, is the de facto capital of the country ; officially, Porto-Novo is the capital.

Porto-Novo is a port on an inlet of the Gulf of Guinea, in the southeastern portion of the country.

* Jardin Place Jean Bayol is a large plaza which contains a statue of the first King of Porto-Novo.

Porto-Novo is not far from the living history town of Ouidah.

Adjogan music is endemic to Porto-Novo.

* Benin: Porto-Novo is the official capital, but Cotonou is the seat of government.

He is currently director of the African Centre for Advanced Studies in Porto-Novo and served as the Bingham Professor of Humanities from 1 August 2008 to 31 December 2008 at the University of Louisville in Louisville, KY.

Alada, a lect that is sometimes included in the Phla – Pherá group, is spoken in southwestern Nigeria just southeast of Benin's administrative capital Porto-Novo.

Moussa Latoundji ( born 13 August 1978 in Porto-Novo ) is a Beninese footballer.

In 1891, Rivières du Sud was placed under the colonial lieutenant governor at Dakar, who had authority over the French coastal regions east to Porto-Novo ( modern Benin ).

** Colonial heads of Benin ( Dahomey and Porto-Novo )

Parliament building of Benin in Porto-Novo

* Official Republic of Benin tourism site for Porto-Novo

* Official Benin government website information about Porto-Novo

Today she lives and works as a dealer of arts and crafts in Porto-Novo, Benin.

Samuel Biléhou Joseph Oschoffa on 29 September 1947 in Porto-Novo, Benin.

In 1892, King Behanzin was threatening the French protectorate of Porto-Novo and France decided to intervene.

Porto-Novo was once a tributary of the Yoruba kingdom of Oyo and there continues to be a sizable Yoruba community in Porto Novo today.

In 1883, Porto-Novo was incorporated into the French " colony of Dahomey and its dependencies.

Born April 8, 1913 in Porto-Novo, Apithy was a descendant of a Goun royal family though was not born into privilege himself.

In 1863, the British, who were active in nearby Nigeria, bombarded the city, which persuaded the Kingdom of Porto-Novo to accept French protection.

** Porto-Novo a French protectorate, 23 February 1863-2 January 1865.

Porto-Novo French protectorate, 14 April 1882.

The region around Porto-Novo produces palm oil, cotton and kapok.

The kings of Porto-Novo continued to rule in the city, both officially and unofficially, until the death of the last king, Alohinto Gbeffa, in 1976.

Many Afro-Brazilians settled in Porto-Novo following their return to Africa after emancipation in Brazil.

Porto-Novo has a cement factory.

Akaba failed, however, to capture Porto-Novo.

Ports that exported these slaves from Africa include Ouidah, Lagos, Aného ( Little Popo ), Grand-Popo, Agoué, Jakin, Porto-Novo, and Badagry.

Missiles are very valuable weapons, but they also have their too little known limitations.

The aircraft could be used to destroy other mobile, fleeting, and imprecisely located targets as well as the known, fixed and hardened targets which can also be destroyed by missile.

Back at the Kaiser's Fountain, I walked left to the streetcar stop and rode up the hill -- any car will do -- past the Column of Constantine, also known as the Burnt Column, at the top on my right.

We now have not only what has been called over here the comedy of menace but we also have horror jokes, magazines known as Horror Comics, and sick comedians.

We pointed out that emotional excitement may lead to psychosomatic disorders and neurotic symptoms, particularly in certain types of personality, but it is also known that the reliving of a strong emotion ( `` abreaction '' ) may cure a battle neurosis.

The process in which the outcome of any one stage is known only statistically is also of interest, although for chemical reactor design it is not as important as the deterministic process.

The Roman Catholic Church sanctions only abstention or the rhythm method, also known as the use of the infertile or safe period.

She knew also that I was unmarried and without a single known relative.

Alabama is also known as the " Heart of Dixie.

This period had also known Augustine of Hippo, Nonius Marcellus and Martianus Capella among many others.

As sun-god and god of light, Apollo was also known by the epithets Aegletes ( ; Αἰγλήτης, Aiglētēs, from αἴγλη, " light of the sun "), Helius ( ; Ἥλιος, Helios, literally " sun "), Phanaeus ( ; Φαναῖος, Phanaios, literally " giving or bringing light "), and Lyceus ( ; Λύκειος, Lukeios, from Proto-Greek * λύκη, " light ").

For this he was also known as Parnopius ( ; Παρνόπιος, Parnopios, from πάρνοψ, " locust ") and to the Romans as Culicarius ( ; from Latin culicārius, " of midges ").

Afroasiatic ( alternatively Afro-Asiatic ), also known as Hamito-Semitic, is a large language family, including about 375 living languages.

The oldest known caecilian is Eocaecilia micropodia, also from Arizona, while the earliest salamander is Beiyanerpeton jianpingensis from the Late Jurassic of northeastern China.

It is also known as Alyeska, the " great land ", an Aleut word derived from the same root.

Best known for his novels including Brave New World and a wide-ranging output of essays, Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel writing, film stories and scripts.

He is also well known for advocating and taking psychedelics.

Alkanes ( also known as paraffins or saturated hydrocarbons ) are chemical compounds that consist only of hydrogen and carbon atoms and are bonded exclusively by single bonds ( i. e., they are saturated compounds ) without any cycles ( or loops ; i. e., cyclic structure ).

In music an " answer " ( also known as countersubject ) is the technical name in counterpoint for the repetition or modification by one part or instrument of a theme proposed by another.

In human – computer interaction, computer accessibility ( also known as Accessible computing ) refers to the accessibility of a computer system to all people, regardless of disability or severity of impairment.

Asphalt or or, also known as bitumen, is the sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits ; it is a substance classed as a pitch.

* An argument of a function, also known as an independent variable

In chemistry and physics, the atomic number ( also known as the proton number ) is the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom and therefore identical to the charge number of the nucleus.

Nevertheless, in spite of Rutherford's estimation that gold had a central charge of about 100 ( but was element Z = 79 on the periodic table ), a month after Rutherford's paper appeared, Antonius van den Broek first formally suggested that the central charge and number of electrons in an atom was exactly equal to its place in the periodic table ( also known as element number, atomic number, and symbolized Z ).

The aardvark has been known to sleep in a recently excavated ant nest, which also serves as protection from its predators.