| Official
Name : |
RÉPUBLIQUE DU BÉNIN (Republic of Benin) |
| Total
Area: |
112,622 square kilometres |
| Population: |
9.3 million (estimate 2011). |
| Languages: |
French (official), Fon, Adja, Bariba, Youruba, Fulani, Baoulé, Agni, others. |
| Religions: |
Traditional 65%, Muslim 15%, Christian 15%. |
| Capital: |
Porto Nova. Population 276,700 (2009) |
| Currency: |
CFA franc, divided into 100 centimes. |
| Independant: |
Benin became self governing in 1960, from France |
| Geography: |
Benin is a narrow, key-shaped, north-south strip of land in West Africa, lying between the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer. Benin has fields of mangroves, and remnants of large sacred forests. In the rest of the country, the savanna is covered with thorny scrubs and dotted with huge baobab trees. Some forests line the banks of rivers. |
| Flag: |
Red yellow and green are panAfrican colours. The flag used today is the same as that adopted in 1975. To print flag below, right-click and select "open image in new window", then print in landscape mode. |
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