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'''Savè''' {{IPA|fr|sa.vɛ|}} is a city in [[Benin]], lying on the [[Cotonou]]-[[Parakou]] [[railway]] and the main north–south road. It is known for its local [[boulder]]s, popular with [[climbing|climbers]].{{cn|date=December 2019}} "Savè" is from the historical [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]] name '''Ṣábẹ̀ẹ́'''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ceccaldi |first1=Pierrette |title=Nomenclature des populations, langues et dialectes de l'Afrique sud-saharienne (2). Essai de nomenclature des populations, langues et dialectes de la République populaire du Bénin |date=1 January 1979 |publisher=FeniXX |isbn=978-2-307-46179-1 |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Nomenclature_des_populations_langues_et/FYYBEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Oueme++ofe&pg=PA203&printsec=frontcover |language=fr}}</ref>

The commune covers an area of 2228 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 67,753 people.<ref name="Atlasbenin">{{cite web|url=http://atlasbenin.africa-web.org/Collines/Save.htm|title=Save|publisher=Atlas Monographique des Communes du Benin|access-date=January 5, 2010}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ybj.html|title=Communes of Benin|publisher=Statoids|access-date=January 5, 2010}}</ref>

==History==
On the 30th of January 1894 there was a treaty for French protectorate status between Brigadier General [[Alfred-Amédée Dodds]], the commander superior of French establishments in Benin and Oba Akenmu, King of the Confederation of Nago Tchabè. Subsequently in 1903, due to disagreements, the Oba (Onichabe) tried to shift the Anglo-French border delineation westwards from the [[Okpara River|Okpara river]] to the [[Oueme River|Weme river]] in order to integrate the Shabe territory beginning at the north of [[Tchatchou]] into the same colonial authority as that of the Oyo and the Egba to the east under [[Colonial Nigeria|British Nigeria]]. For this, the Oba was arrested and served a one year jail term. He was later deported to Porto-Novo in 1902-1911. {{contradictory|reason:If the Oba had finished serving a one-year jail term in 1902 when he was then deported to Porto-Novo until 1911, he would have already have been beginning his second year as an exiled criminal; something is terribly amiss here but it's not the kind of topic you guess at, so someone who knows a lot more about Françafrique please try to look into this; as it is, the sequence of events doesn't connect in any meaningful way, so if no one wants to dig it up at least remove it|date:September 2024|date=September 2024}}

In 1922, a small building served as a chapel for the Protestant Methodist mission in "Anu Abata" located in front of the Royal Palace and then later on,  the estate currently housing the Salem Temple of Savè donated by Oba Akenmu. In 1924 the first catholic missionaries arrived.

==Climate==
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 | collapsed   = yes
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 | single line = yes
 | location    = Save (1991–2020)
 | Jan high C = 35.9
 | Feb high C = 37.5
 | Mar high C = 36.9
 | Apr high C = 35.1
 | May high C = 33.6
 | Jun high C = 31.9
 | Jul high C = 30.2
 | Aug high C = 29.5
 | Sep high C = 30.6
 | Oct high C = 32.2
 | Nov high C = 34.8
 | Dec high C = 35.6
 | year high C = 33.6
 | Jan mean C = 28.9
 | Feb mean C = 30.6
 | Mar mean C = 30.6
 | Apr mean C = 29.5
 | May mean C = 28.5
 | Jun mean C = 27.3
 | Jul mean C = 26.3
 | Aug mean C = 25.7
 | Sep mean C = 26.4
 | Oct mean C = 27.3
 | Nov mean C = 28.8
 | Dec mean C = 28.8
 | year mean C = 28.2
 | Jan low C = 21.8
 | Feb low C = 23.7
 | Mar low C = 24.3
 | Apr low C = 23.9
 | May low C = 23.4
 | Jun low C = 22.7
 | Jul low C = 22.3
 | Aug low C = 21.8
 | Sep low C = 22.1
 | Oct low C = 22.4
 | Nov low C = 22.8
 | Dec low C = 21.9
 | year low C = 22.8
 | precipitation colour = green
 | Jan precipitation mm = 8.1
 | Feb precipitation mm = 19.2
 | Mar precipitation mm = 57.7
 | Apr precipitation mm = 106.7
 | May precipitation mm = 123.2
 | Jun precipitation mm = 154.3
 | Jul precipitation mm = 154.1
 | Aug precipitation mm = 139.8
 | Sep precipitation mm = 170.1
 | Oct precipitation mm = 121.4
 | Nov precipitation mm = 12.5
 | Dec precipitation mm = 2.5
 | year precipitation mm = 1069.6
 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
 | Jan precipitation days = 1
 | Feb precipitation days = 2
 | Mar precipitation days = 5
 | Apr precipitation days = 9
 | May precipitation days = 12
 | Jun precipitation days = 13
 | Jul precipitation days = 14
 | Aug precipitation days = 14
 | Sep precipitation days = 16
 | Oct precipitation days = 12
 | Nov precipitation days = 1
 | Dec precipitation days = 0
 | year precipitation days = 99
 | Jan humidity = 51
 | Feb humidity = 55.6
 | Mar humidity = 63.3
 | Apr humidity = 70.9
 | May humidity = 75.1
 | Jun humidity = 77.8
 | Jul humidity = 80.4
 | Aug humidity = 81.7
 | Sep humidity = 80.3
 | Oct humidity = 77.5
 | Nov humidity = 67.8
 | Dec humidity = 56.7
 | year humidity = 

 | Jan sun = 223
 | Feb sun = 211.4
 | Mar sun = 223.1
 | Apr sun = 215.2
 | May sun = 219.4
 | Jun sun = 182
 | Jul sun = 124.3
 | Aug sun = 96.4
 | Sep sun = 127.4
 | Oct sun = 194.6
 | Nov sun = 231.9
 | Dec sun = 239.3
 | year sun = 2288.0
 | source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="WMONormals">{{cite web
|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Benin/CSV/Save_65335.csv
|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Save
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = January 4, 2024}}</ref>
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== Transport ==

Savè is served by a station of the [[Transport in Benin#Railways|Benin Railways]] system.

== See also ==

* [[Railway stations in Benin]]

== References ==
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