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Benin

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Divinity Atlas. "Benin." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/city/benin.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Benin. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/city/benin

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@misc{divinityatlas-benin,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Benin},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/city/benin},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Abomey was the royal capital of the Kingdom of Dahomey, and its palaces stood at the centre of Vodun religious and political life for the dynasty that ruled from there. The city's presence here traces that royal religious history rather than Benin's wider geography.

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