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Archives and Libraries

Archives

National Archives of Benin
Route de Missérété, opposite the Regional School of Magistracy
Ouando/ Porto-Novo, Benin
PO Box: 629 Porto-Novo, Benin
Telephone: +229 20 24 66 07
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French Colonial Archives

National Archives of Overseas (ANOM)
29 chemin du moulin de Testas - CS50062
13182 Aix-en-Provence
CEDEX 5 France

Telephone: + 33 (0)4 42 93 38 50
E-mail: anom.aix@culture.gouv.fr

• Overseas National Archives, Dahomey (now Benin)

Libraries

National Library of Benin (Bibliothèque Nationale du Bénin)
401 Porto-Novo
Porto-Novo, Benin
Telephone: (229) 22 25 85
Email: bn.benin@bj.refer.org
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Website: National Library of Benin