Porto-Novo in five emoji

What each emoji refers to

🪬

Vodun is a recognised national religion here, with a public holiday on the tenth of January.

🛖

Afro-Brazilian houses in the old quarter were built by families who returned from Bahia in the 1800s.

🐍

Pythons are sacred in vodun. The temple that keeps them is down the coast at Ouidah.

🥁

Drums carry the rhythms that call specific spirits, so the pattern matters more than the volume.

🌊

The city sits on a lagoon rather than the sea, connected to the coast by water.

Porto-Novo at a glance

Country

Benin

Coordinates

6.50° N, 2.63° E

First played

24 March 2026

Also accepted

Porto Novo

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Porto-Novo.