 Geographical
position: Benin is located in Western Africa,
bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo.
The country’s climate is tropical; hot, humid in
south; semiarid in north.
Languages: French
(official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in
south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in
north).
Porto-Novo is the capital of Benin.
Surface: 112,620 sq km
Population: 7,460,025
System of government: republic
under multiparty democratic rule; dropped
Marxism-Leninism December 1989
Capital: Porto-Novo
Religion: indigenous beliefs
50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%
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