Ouidah (/ˈwiːdə/) or Whydah (/ˈhwɪdə,-ɔː/; Ouidah, Juida, and Juda by the French;[2][3]Ajudá by the Portuguese;[4] and Fida by the Dutch), and known locally as Glexwe, formerly the chief port of the Kingdom of Whydah, is a city on the coast of the Republic of Benin. The commune covers an area of 364 km2 (141 sq mi) and as of 2002 had a population of 76,555 people.[5]
^"World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 11 January 2013.
^Tome Vingt-Cinquieme, contenant La Suite de l'Histoire d'Afrique, p. 313, at Google Books
^Kein, Sybil, Creole, p. 227.
^http://www.red.unb.br/index.php/ Archived 20 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
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^"Communes of Benin". Statoids. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
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