Abomey-Calavi
Abomey-Calavi is a city, arrondissement, and commune located in the Atlantique Department of Benin.
Abomey-Calavi is a city, arrondissement, and commune located in the Atlantique Department of Benin. It is now essentially a suburb of Cotonou and at its closest it begins approximately 18 km from the city centre of Cotonou. The main cities of the commune are Abomey-Calavi itself and Godomey to the south. The commune covers an area of 650 square kilometres and as at the May 2013 Census had a population of 655,965 people. Projected to be the eleventh fastest growing city on the African continent between 2020 and 2025, with a 5.27% growth.
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Worth seeing in and around Abomey-Calavi
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Lake Nokoué
Lake Nokoué is a lake in the southern part of Benin. It is 20 km wide and 11 km long and covers an area of 4,900 ha.
7.9 km · lake in Benin · Wikipedia - 02Stade de l'Amitié
L'Amitié Stadium or Friendship Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Cotonou, Benin. It is currently used for football matches and also has facilities for athletics.
7.4 km · association football stadium in Benin · Wikipedia - 03University of Abomey-Calavi
The University of Abomey-Calavi is the principal public university in the west African country of Benin. The university is located in the city of Abomey-Calavi in the south of the country.
900 m · public university in Abomey-Calavi, Benin · Wikipedia - 04African School of Economics
The African School of Economics is a private university headquartered in Abomey-Calavi, Republic of Benin. In 2024 its West Africa Hub had campuses in Abidjan, Ivory Coast; and Abuja, Nigeria.
1 km · Private university in Benin · Wikipedia
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Getting to Abomey-Calavi
- Airports
- Cotonou Cadjehoun (COO), 11 km · Murtala Muhammed (LOS), 108 km · Lomé–Tokoin (LFW), 126 km
- Lagos → Abomey-Calavi115 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · ₦7,500–9,950
- Lomé → Abomey-Calavi130 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · $12–17
- Accra → Abomey-Calavi299 km · quickest by road, 6h 11m · GH₵190–250
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Abomey-Calavi
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Abomey-Calavi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundHire a pirogue and explore the village on your own.
From Wikivoyage: Ganvie, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2023-11.
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Next door to Abomey-Calavi
Abomey-Calavi is 12 km from Cotonou, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ganviehuman settlement in Benin4.5 km
- Godomeyarrondissement and town in Atlantique Department, Benin9.1 km
- Akassatoarrondissement and town in Atlantique Department, Benin5.8 km
- Kpanrounarrondissement and town in Atlantique Department, Benin7.4 km
- Vekkyarrondissement and town in Atlantique Department, Benin9.5 km
- Houédo-Aguékonarrondissement and town in Atlantique Department, Benin9.5 km