Benin
Sign in to saveBenin, officially the Republic of Benin, formerly known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. Benin is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the northwest, and Niger to the northeast. The majority of its population lives on the southern coastline of the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Porto-Novo, and the seat of government is in Cotonou, the most populous city and economic capital. Benin covers an area of , and its population in was estimated to be approximately million. It is
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Country
- Capital
- Porto-Novo
- Population
- 13,224,860
- Region
- Africa · Western Africa
- Currencies
- XOF (Fr)
- Languages
- French
- TLD
- .bj
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- Instance of
- Q6256
- Capital
- Q43595
- Official language
- Q150
- Currency
- Q861690
- Inception
- 1960-08-01
- Official website
- https://www.gouv.bj/
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