Claim: Benin's founder is Porto-Novo.
Evidence: From the 17th to the 19th century , the main political entities in the area were the Kingdom of Dahomey along with the city-state of Porto-Novo and a large area with many different tribes to the north.
Porto-Novo -LRB- -LSB- pɔʁtɔ.nɔvo -RSB- ; also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe -RRB- is the capital of Benin , and was the capital of French Dahomey.