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TIL that up to 1961, when it was seized by Dahomey (Benin), Portugal held an approximately 2 hectare (5 acre) enclave off the coast of Ouidah, Benin, consisting entirely of the Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá, inhabited by only the resident, his assistants, and their families.

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