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ABOMEY , See also:

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

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