The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cotonou, Benin.
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- 1830 - Cotonou founded as a "slaving port." [1]
- 1878 - Cotonou "ceded to France." [2]
- 1883 - French occupation. [3]
- 1899 - Wharf built. [4]
20th century
- 1904 - Cotonou becomes part of colonial French Dahomey.
- 1908 - Deepwater harbor opens. [1]
- 1912 - Cotonou becomes a "commune mixte." [4]
- 1920s - Population: 8,500. [4]
- 1928 - Ancien Pont (bridge) built.
- 1955 - Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonou established. [5]
- 1957 - January: Pan-African General Union of Negro African Workers founded at a conference in Cotonou.
- 1960s - Tomety photo studio in operation. [6]
- 1963
- Dantokpa Market established.[ citation needed]
- Presidential Palace built. [2]
- 1964
- 1965 - Port constructed. [2]
- 1967 - Les Muses theatre troupe formed. [9]
- 1968 - Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou (musical group) and Société Béninoise de Textiles [2] [10] established in Cotonou.
- 1970 - Université du Dahomey founded.
- 1975 - City becomes part of the People's Republic of Benin.
- 1980 - Association des écrivains et critiques littéraires du Bénin founded. [11] [12]
- 1981 - Population: 383,250 (estimate). [13]
- 1982 - Stade de l'Amitié (stadium) opens.
- 1988 - Musée olympique du Bénin opens.
- 1986 - Sister city relationship established with Salvador, Brazil. [14]
- 1990 - February: Benin constitutional conference held. [15]
- 1992 - Population: 536,827. [16]
- 1995
- Centre de conferences international opens. [17]
- December: Meeting of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie held in city. [3]
- 1996 - University of Science and Technology of Benin established.
21st century
- 2001 - L'Informateur newspaper begins publication. [10] [18]
- 2002 - Maison des Médias du Bénin founded. [19] [20]
- 2003
- 25 December: Airplane crash. [21]
- Nicéphore Soglo becomes mayor.
- 2005 - Fondation Zinsou (museum) opens. [17]
- 2009 - Population: 815,041. [22]
- 2011 - Population: 924,000. [23]
- 2013 - Population: 679,012. [24]
References
- ^ a b Bradt 2006.
- ^ a b c d Mathurin C. Houngnikpo; Samuel Decalo (2013). Historical Dictionary of Benin (4th ed.). US: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7171-7.
- ^ a b Victor T. Le Vine (2004). Politics in Francophone Africa. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 978-1-58826-249-3.
- ^ a b c Cornevin 1980.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Benin". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ Erika Nimis (2013). "Yoruba Studio Photographers in Francophone West Africa". In John Peffer and Elisabeth L. Cameron (ed.). Portraiture and Photography in Africa. Indiana University Press. pp. 102–140. ISBN 978-0-253-00872-5.
- ^ "Cotonou (Benin) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, US: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ Toyin Falola and Aribidesi Adisa Usman, ed. (2009). Movements, Borders, and Identities in Africa. University Rochester Press. ISBN 978-1-58046-296-9.
- ^ Don Rubin; et al., eds. (1997). "Benin". World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. Vol. 3: Africa. Routledge. p. 57+. ISBN 978-1-136-35949-1.
- ^ a b "Benin: Directory". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857431839.
- ^ Kamal Salhi, ed. (2000). "Discourse in the Periodicals of 20th-Century Benin". Francophone Studies: Discourse and Identity. Exeter, UK: Elm Bank. ISBN 978-1-902454-05-4.
- ^ Mohamed Mekkawi. "African & Caribbean Literature in French". Howard University Library. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987).
"Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) - ^ "Ouidah Journal; A Cultural Bond That Bondage Could Not Crush", New York Times, 5 August 1987
- ^ "Benin: Chronologie". Jeune Afrique (in French). Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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^ United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997).
"Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321.
{{ cite book}}:|author=has generic name ( help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) - ^ a b Petit Futé 2011.
- ^ "City Guide: Journaux". Cotonou ça bouge (in French). Portail Internet des Villes Africaines. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ "Maison des Médias" (in French). Cotonou. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009.
- ^ Karen Fung (ed.). "Benin: News". Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources. US: Stanford University. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ "Benin Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ "Benin". Britannica Book of the Year 2014. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2014. p. 549+. ISBN 978-1-62513-171-3.
- ^ The State of African Cities 2014. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2015-09-10. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations
- This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- R. Cornevin (1980). "Kotonou". In C.E. Bosworth; et al. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 5. Leiden: Brill.
- "Benin: Cotonou", West Africa (4th ed.), Lonely Planet, 1999, OL 8314753M
- Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Cotonou, Benin". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 0415234794.
- J. Joost Beuving and Joost Beuving (2004). "Cotonou's Klondike: African Traders and Second-Hand Car Markets in Bénin". Journal of Modern African Studies. 42 (4): 511–537. doi: 10.1017/S0022278X04000382. JSTOR 3876137. S2CID 153955180.
- J. Joost Beuving (2006). "Lebanese Traders in Cotonou: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of Economic Mobility and Capital Accumulation". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 76 (3): 324–351. doi: 10.3366/afr.2006.0036. JSTOR 40022740. S2CID 56422479.
- "Cotonou". Benin. Bradt Travel Guides. 2006. ISBN 978-1-84162-148-7.
in French
- Paule Brasseur-Marion (1953).
"Cotonou porte du Dahomey".
Cahiers d'Outre-Mer (in French). 6 – via
Persee.fr.
- Gautier Pirotte; Marc Poncelet (2003).
"Société civile et nouvelle gouvernance au Bénin: Quelques réflexions illustrées à partir de l'analyse du nouveau secteur ONG à Cotonou".
Bulletin de l'APAD (in French). 26 – via
Revues.org.
- Sébastien Dossa Sotindjo (2009). Cotonou: l'explosion d'une capitale économique, 1945-1985 (in French). Paris: L'Harmattan. ISBN 9782296111516.
- Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2011). "Cotonou". Benin. Le Petit Futé (in French). ISBN 9782746929241.
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- "(Cotonou)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. (Bibliography)
- "(Cotonou)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
- "(Cotonou)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
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