Benin City

=== Nigerian independence ===
Following Nigeria's independence from British rule in 1960,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nigeria: Four Regions at the Time of Independence {{!}} AHA |url=https://www.historians.org/teaching-and-learning/teaching-resources-for-historians/teaching-and-learning-in-the-digital-age/through-the-lens-of-history-biafra-nigeria-the-west-and-the-world/the-republic-of-biafra/nigeria-four-regions-at-the-time-of-independence |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=www.historians.org}}</ref> Benin City became the capital of [[Mid-Western Region, Nigeria|Mid-Western Region]] when the region was split from [[Western Region, Nigeria|Western Region]] in June 1963. In 1976, when the region was renamed [[Mid-Western Region, Nigeria|Bendel State]], it remained the capital of the region and became the State Capital of [[Edo State]] when Bendel state was split into [[Delta State]] and [[Edo State]]  in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bendel {{!}} state, Nigeria|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Bendel|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-05-31}}</ref>