Ganvié

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Ganvié

Total population

20,000

Coordinates6.47°, 2.39°

Demographic figures from INSAE Benin. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Ganvie is a lake village in Benin, Africa, lying in Lake Nokoué, near Cotonou. With a population of around 20,000 people, it is probably the largest lake village in Africa and is very popular with tourists.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Julien Alapini

Beninese teacher, writer, playwright and ethnographer

Madou

Beninese singer (born 1965)

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Ahlonsou Amoudatou

Beninois politician

B

Bernard Toha Wontacien

É

Émilienne Houssou

R

Rodrigue Ahissou

M

Marcel Dandjinou

Beninese footballer (born 1999)

É

Éric Azanney

Beninois novelist

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Alain Vigan

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Amour Gbovi

Beninese writer and journalist (1985-)

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Rodolfo Aloko

Beninese footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Atlantique

• So-Chanhoue
  1.5 mi away
• Sô-Ava
  2.1 mi away
• Houèkè-Gbo
  2.3 mi away
• Vèkky
  2.4 mi away
• Abomey-Calavi
  2.6 mi away · pop. 650,000
• Zopah-Kokpo
  2.9 mi away
• Zopah-Akassato
  3.1 mi away
• Houèkè-Honou
  3.2 mi away
• Akassato
  3.2 mi away · pop. 61,262
• Agori
  3.2 mi away
• Akassato Centre
  3.3 mi away
• Cité-les-Palmiers
  3.4 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.