Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Porto-Novo ( also known as Hogbonou and AdjacÃ ) is the capital of the West African country of Benin . The city has a population of 223,552 people Porto-Nova is a port on an inlet of the Gulf of Guinea , in the southeastern part of the country .
Simplified: Porto-Novo is a port on an inlet of the Gulf of Guinea , in the southeastern portion of the country .