Ouidah
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| Ƴantacciyar ƙasa | Benin | |||
Department of Benin (en)  | Atlantique Department (en) | |||
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| Yawan mutane | ||||
| Faɗi | 162,034 (2013) | |||
| • Yawan mutane | 445.15 mazaunan/km² | |||
| Labarin ƙasa | ||||
| Yawan fili | 364 km² | |||
| Altitude (en) | 12 m | |||
Ouidah (Turanci: /ˈwiːdə/; Faransanci: [wi.da]) ko Whydah (/ ˈhwɪdə, -ɔː/; Ouidah, Juida, da Yahuda ta Faransanci; [1] [2] Ajudá ta Fotigal; [3]da Fida ta Dutch), kuma an san shi a gida a matsayin Glexwe, tsohuwar masarautar tashar tashar jiragen ruwa ta Jamhuriyar Me ya sa ita ce babbar masarautar tashar jiragen ruwa. Benin. Ƙungiyar ta ƙunshi yanki na 364 km2 (141 sq mi) kuma ya zuwa 2002 tana da yawan mutane 76,555.[4]
Tarihi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A al'adar gida Kpassa ya kamata ya kafa garin.[5] Wataƙila hakan ya faru ne a ƙarshen ƙarni na sha shida[7]. Asalin garin an san shi da Glēxwé, a zahiri 'Farmhouse', kuma wani yanki ne na Masarautar Whydah.
Ouidah ya ga rawar da yake takawa a kasuwancin duniya ya tashi lokacin da Kamfanin Royal African Company (RAC) ya gina katanga a can a shekara ta 1650.[6]
Titin Ouidah a 1892
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Dakarun Whydah sun shiga cikin yankin Afirka, inda suka kame miliyoyin mutane ta hanyar yake-yake, suna sayar da su ga ’yan kasuwa bayi na Turawa da Larabawa.[7] shekara ta 1716, Masarautar Whydah ta zama tashar jiragen ruwa mafi girma ta biyu a cikin kasuwancin triangular, kamar yadda ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa Whydah Gally suka lura lokacin da ya isa siyan bayi 500 daga Sarki Haffon don siyarwa a Jamaica.
Sarki Haffon ne ya yi sarautar Masarautar, wanda ya samu kambin sarauta a matsayin kyauta daga Portugal, har zuwa lokacin da a shekara ta 1727, sojojin Sarkin Agaja na Dahomey suka kwace masarautar Whydah[[8] Ranar 19 ga Maris, 1727, Bosto
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ Tome Vingt-Cinquieme, contenant La Suite de l'Histoire d'Afrique
- ↑ Kein, Sybil, Creole, p.
- ↑ "Kwafin ajiya". Archived from the original on 2015-02-20. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ↑ "Communes of Benin"
- ↑ Robin Law, Ouidah: The Social History of a West African Slaving 'Port', 1727–1892, 2004, p. 21.
- ↑ Ouidah: The Social History of a West African Slaving 'Port', 1727–1892, 2004, pp. 24–25
- ↑ national "Benin History Timeline"
- ↑ .Stuart (2019), Bradt Travel Guide – Benin, pp. 101–112.