Ganvie
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ganvie-212-3332132
title:
Ganvie
text:
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. The village was created in the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries by the Tofinu people who took to the lake to avoid Fon warriors who were taking people hostage to sell them to European enslavers. Making the shallow waters and islands of Lake Nokoue a haven, the Ganvie villagers are often ref
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Village in Atlantique Department, Benin
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganvie
date created:
2005-01-24T18:36:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T10:15:34Z
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13
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