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COUNTRY FACTS: BENIN
Name(official): Republic of Benin
Name(short): Benin
Capital City: Porto Novo(official), Cotonou is the seat of government.
Location: Western Africa
Coordinate: 9 30 N, 2 15 E
Independence: (From France) August 1st; 1960.
President: Yayi Boni.
Type of Government: Republic
Total Area: 112 620sq.km.
Population: 7 862 944
People: African 99% (42 ethnic groups, most important being Fon, Adja, Yoruba, Bariba), Europeans 5,500.
Religion: Indigenous beliefs 50%, christians 30%, muslims 20%
Languages: French(official), Fon, Yoruba (mostly in the south), tribal languages(at least 6 in the north).
Literacy: 33.6%total, 46.4%male, 22.6%female (2002 est.)
Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine Franc
(1CFAF =100centimes)
GDP(per capita): $1 100 (2005 est.)
Arable Land: 23.53% (2005 est.)
Agriculture: Cotton, corn, cassava(tapioca), yam, beans, palm oil, peanuts, livestock.
Natural resources: small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber.
Embassy in Japan: Embassy of the Republic of Benin
Chancery: Sougo Nagatacho Building 2F N-3, 1-11-28 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku. Post Code: 100-0014 Tel. 03-3591-6565
General Info:
International Phone Code: +229

ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

MAJOR CITIES

Porto-Novo, Cotonou, Parakou, Djougou, Abomey, Lokossa, Ouigah, Kandi, Come, Cove.

NEWS

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

12 departments: Alibori, Ata Kora, Atlantique, Borgou, Collines, Kouffo, Donga, Littoral, Mono, Oueme, Plateau, Zou.

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS

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