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ABOMEY

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 67 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: A10-ADA
ABOMEY ,
capital
  of the ancient kingdom of
Dahomey
 , West Africa, now included in the French colony of the same name. It is 7o m. N. by rail of the seaport of Kotonu, and has a population of about 15,000. Abomey is built on a
rolling
  plain, 800 ft. above sea-level, terminating in short bluffs to the N.W., where it is bounded by a
long
  depression. The town was surrounded by a mud
wall
 , pierced by six gates, and was further protected by a ditch 5 ft. deep, filled with a dense growth of prickly acacia, the usual defence of West
African
  strongholds. Within the walls, which had a circumference of six miles, were villages separated by fields, several royal palaces, a market-place and a large square containing the barracks. In November 1892, Bchanzin, the king of
Dahomey
 , being defeated by the French, set fire to Abomey and fled northward. Under French administration the town has been rebuilt, placed (1905) in railway communication with the
coast
 , and given an ample water
supply
  by the sinking of artesian wells.


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