Ségbeya
Ségbeya is a town and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin.
Ségbeya is a town and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Kpomassè. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population of 3,611.
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Worth seeing in and around Ségbeya
10 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.
- 01Cotonou Cathedral
The cathedral of Notre Dame de Miséricorde, commonly known as Cotonou Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral located near the Ancien Pont bridge in Cotonou, Benin. It is renowned for its distinctive burgundy and white striped tiled architecture.
2.5 km · building in Africa · Wikipedia - 02University of Science and Technology of Benin
The University of Science and Technology of Benin ) is a private university in Benin, whose headquarters are located in the district of Kpondéhou in Cotonou, the economic capital of Benin.
1.6 km · private university in Cotonou, Benin · Wikipedia - 03Dantokpa Market
The Dantokpa Market, also known simply as Tokpa, is a large open-air marketplace in Cotonou, the economic capital of Benin. It is one of the country's principal wholesale and retail trading centres and has been described as the largest open-air market in West Africa.
1.2 km · Market in Bénin · Wikipedia - 04Stade René Pleven d'Akpakpa
Stade René Pleven d'Akpakpa is a multi-use stadium in Cotonou, Littoral Department, Benin. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is used as the home stadium of Requins de l'Atlantique FC. The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 people.
1.4 km · building in Benin · Wikipedia - 05Amazon Monument
The Amazon Monument is a statue honoring the Dahomey Amazons. A metal structure covered in bronze, it is 30m high and weighs 150 tons.
5.1 km · monument in Cotonou, Benin · Wikipedia - 06Ancien Pont Bridge
The Ancien Pont is a bridge in Cotonou, Benin. The bridge crosses the Lagune de Cotonou which separates the two sides of the city.
2.1 km · bridge in Benin · Wikipedia - 07Presidential Palace, Cotonou
The Palais de la Marina is a government complex in Cotonou, Benin. The palace is relevant in Beninese politics, being used to hold government meetings between the Cabinet of Benin, ambassadors, and the president.
4.8 km · presidential palace in Benin · Wikipedia - 08Stade Gbegamey
Stade Gbegamey is a multi-use stadium in Cotonou, Benin. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Mambas Noirs FC of the Benin Premier League.
1.7 km · stadium in Cotonou, Benin · Wikipedia - 09Cotonou Central Mosque
The Cotonou Central Mosque is a mosque in Cotonou, Littoral, Benin. It is the most important building for the country's Muslims.
5.3 km · mosque in Cotonou, Benin · Wikipedia - 10BCEAO Tower
The BCEAO Tower is a high-rise office building in Cotonou, Benin. Inaugurated in 1994, the building stands at 64 m tall with 16 floors and is the current tallest building in Benin.
3.3 km · high-rise building in Benin · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ségbeya
- Airports
- Cotonou Cadjehoun (COO), 7 km · Murtala Muhammed (LOS), 100 km · Lomé–Tokoin (LFW), 133 km
- Lagos → Ségbeya99 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · ₦7,750–10,350
- Lomé → Ségbeya100 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · $10–14
- Accra → Ségbeya345 km · quickest by road, 8h 32m · GH₵235–315
- 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 Ségbeya
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 Ségbeya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBook with a skeptical eye, though a bus is likely to be safer than a bush taxi, although it may or may not be any more comfortable.
- Get inVirtually every Beninese town has bush taxi transport to Cotonou, although smaller towns in the north will probably only have one per day or fewer, or may only get you to the next-closest town with bush taxis running to Cotonou.
- Get aroundMoto taxis - locally called zemidjans or kekenos, are the most common form of transportation for the average Beninese person.
From Wikivoyage: Cotonou, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Ségbeya
Ségbeya is 3 km from Cotonou, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Cotonoucity in Benin, seat of the government3.2 km