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Not to be confused with the Kingdom of Benin, now the Benin region of Nigeria, or Benin City in that region.
R?publique du B?nin
Republic of Benin
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Fraternit?, Justice, Travail" (French)
"Fellowship, Justice, Labour"
Anthem: L'Aube Nouvelle (French)
The Dawn of a New Day
Capital Porto Novo1
6?28′N 2?36′E / 6.467, 2.6
Largest city Cotonou
Official languages French, Fongbe, Yoruba
Demonym Beninese; Beninois
Government Multiparty democracy
- President Yayi Boni
Independence from France
- Date August 1, 1960
Area
- Total 112,622 km? (101st)
43,483 sq mi
- Water (%) 1.8
Population
- July 2005 estimate 8,439,0002 (89th)
- 2002 census 6,769,914
- Density 75/km? (118th3)
194/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2005 estimate
- Total $8.75 billion (140th)
- Per capita $1,176 (166th)
Gini (2003) 36.5 (medium)
HDI (2007) ▲ 0.437 (low) (163rd)
Currency West African CFA franc (XOF)
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+1)
Internet TLD .bj
Calling code +229
1 Cotonou is the seat of government.
2 Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.
3 Rank based on 2005 estimate.
Benin (IPA: /bə'nɪn/), officially the Republic of Benin, and also known as Benin Republic, is a country in Western Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north; its short coastline to the south leads to the Bight of Benin. Its capital is Porto Novo, but the seat of government is Cotonou. Benin was known as Dahomey until 1975.
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