Grand-Popo

Grand-Popo
Commune and city
Grand-Popo is located in Benin
Grand-Popo
Grand-Popo
Location in Benin
Coordinates: 6°17′N 1°50′E / 6.283°N 1.833°E / 6.283; 1.833
Country Benin
DepartmentMono Department
Area
 • Total
112 sq mi (289 km2)
Population
 (2013 Census)
 • Total
57,636
 • Density520/sq mi (200/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

Grand-Popo [gʁɑ̃.pɔ.po] is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Mono Department of south-western Benin. The commune covers an area of 289 square kilometres and as at the 2013 Census had a population of 57,636 people.[1][2]

Old and new bridges in Grand-Popo

The term "Grand-Popo" is a European exonym for the ancient town and kingdom of "Hulagan" (Great Hula). The Hula/Xwla/Phla people that once dominated the Togo-Benin coast traditionally regarded Great Hula as their ancestral town of common origin. [3] It is unclear why Europeans began calling it Popo rather than Hula. It may come from a generic Yoruba term "popo" for peoples to their "west", which was subsequently borrowed by the Portuguese to refer to the Hula/Phla specifically. An alternative theory connects the "Popo" term to an ancient ruler called Kpokpo of Tado (an Aja town in the interior), which the Europeans may have confused with Hulagan.[4]

The town grew around the slave trade, but coastal erosion has now destroyed most of the old town.[5] The town is now a centre for voodoo and home to a Finnish-African cultural centre, Villa Karo. The town's main industry is fishing.

The town inspired the name of the French electronic music duo Grand Popo Football Club, as well as the name of the iPad application creator Grand Popo LLC.[6]

History

References

  1. ^ "Grand-Popo". Atlas Monographique des Communes du Benin. Retrieved January 5, 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ L’Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Economique (INSAE), Benin, 2013.
  3. ^ Robin Law (1991) Slave Coast of West Africa, 1550-1750. Clarendon Press, p.15.
  4. ^ Law (1991: p.16)
  5. ^ Butler, Stuart (2019) Bradt Travel Guide - Benin, pgs. 115-120
  6. ^ "Ordo Abchao". iTunes. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
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