 A combination of the aforementioned facts, coupled with the fact that the city itself lies within the sphere of Nigerian socioeconomic influence, have given Porto-Novians a preference for some measure of bi-nationality or dual citizenship, with the necessary linguistic consequences; for example, Nigerian home video films in Yoruba with English subtitles have become popular in Porto-Novo and its suburbs.Benin's parliament ("Assemblée nationale") is in Porto-Novo, the official capital, but Cotonou is the seat of government and houses most of the governmental ministries.The region around Porto-Novo produces palm oil, cotton and kapok.