- Status
- Colony of France
- Capital
- Porto-Novo
- Common languages
- French (official), Bariba , Fon , Yoruba
- 1894 1895
- Jean Casimir-Perier
- 1959 1960
- Charles de Gaulle
- French west africa
- 27 October 1895
- French union
- 4 September 1947
- French community
- 4 December 1958
- Independence
- 1 August 1960
- Currency
- French West African franc , CFA franc