Benin

Benin

sovereign state, country

Part of	West Africa
Year dem found am	1 August 1960
Official name	Bénin, République du Bénin, Republic of Benin, Beninská republika
Short name	🇧🇯
IPA transcription	bɛ'nɪn
Dem name after	Bight of Benin
Official language	French
Anthem	L'Aube Nouvelle
Culture	culture of Benin
Motto text	Fraternité, Justice, Travail, Fraternity, Justice, Labour, Братство, справедливост, труд, Bratstvo, pravica, delo
Continent	Africa
Country	Benin
Capital	Porto-Novo
Located in time zone	UTC+01:00, Africa/Porto-Novo
Located in or next to body of water	Atlantic Ocean
Located in/on physical feature	West Africa
Coordinate location	8°50′0″N 2°11′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	10°35′33″N 3°50′36″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	12°25′12″N 2°48′0″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	6°14′3″N 1°37′45″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	10°22′40″N 0°46′40″E
Highest point	Mont Sokbaro
Lowest point	Bight of Benin
Government ein basic form	representative democracy
Office held by head of state	President of the Republic of Benin
State ein head	Patrice Talon
Office head of government hold	President of the Republic of Benin
Government ein head	Patrice Talon
Executive body	Government of Benin
Legislative body	National Assembly
Central bank	Central Bank of West African States
Currency	West African CFA franc
Dey share bother plus	Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Togo
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	Europlug, Type E
Dey replace	French West Africa
Dema official website	https://www.gouv.bj/
Hashtag	Benin
Top-level Internet domain	.bj
Flag	flag of Benin
Coat of arms	coat of arms of Benin
Geography of topic	geography of Benin
Get characteristic	free country
History of topic	history of Benin
Economy of topic	economy of Benin
Demographics of topic	demographics of Benin
Mobile country code	616
Country calling code	+229
Emergency phone number	112, 117, 118
Licence plate code	DY
Maritime identification digits	610
Unicode character	🇧🇯
Category for maps	Category:Maps of Benin

Benin (/bɛˈniːn/ (listen) ben-EEN, /bɪˈniːn/ bin-EEN;^[1] French: Bénin [benɛ̃], Fon: Benɛ, Fula: Benen), Alias de Republic of Benin (French: République du Bénin), den formerly Dahomey,^[2] be sam country for West Africa. edey share border plus Togo go de west, Nigeria go de east, Burkina Faso go de north-west, den Niger go de north-east. De majority plus ein population live for the southern coastline for Benin, part of de Gulf of Guinea for de northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean.^[3] De capital be Porto-Novo, den de seat of government dey Cotonou, de most populous city den economic capital. Benin dey cover sam area of 114,763 square kilometres (44,310 sq mi)^[4] wey ein population for 2021 be estimated for approximately 13 million.^[5][6] Ebe sam small, tropical country. Ebe one of de least developed, plus sam economy significantly dependent on agriculture, wey ebe exporter of palm oil den cotton. Sam employment den income arise from subsistence farming.^[7]

From de 17th go de 19th century, political entities insyd de area include de Kingdom of Dahomey, de city-state of Porto-Novo, den oda states go de north. Na dem refer dis region to as de Slave Coast from de early 17th century secof de high number of people wey na dem sold den traffick during de Atlantic slave trade go de New World. France take ova de territory insyd 1894, wey dem incorporate am go French West Africa as French Dahomey. Insyd 1960, Dahomey gain full independence from France. As sovereign state, Benin get democratic governments, military coups, den military governments. Self-described Marxist–Leninist state call de People's Republic of Benin exist between 1975 den 1990. Insyd 1991, na dem replace am by de multi-party Republic of Benin.^[8]

De official language of Benin be French, plus indigenous languages dem sanso dey speak lyk Fon, Bariba, Yoruba den Dendi. De largest religious group for Benin insyd be Christianity (52.2%), Islam dey follow (24.6%) den traditional faiths (17.9%).^[9] Benin be member of de United Nations, de African Union, de Economic Community of West African States, de Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, de South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone, Francophonie, de Community of Sahel–Saharan States, de African Petroleum Producers Association den de Niger Basin Authority.

1. ↑ Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.
2. ↑ "Dahomey Announces Its Name Will Be Benin". The New York Times. 1 December 1975. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
3. ↑ Hughes, R. H.; Hughes, J. S. (1992). A Directory of African Wetlands. IUCN. p. 301. ISBN 978-2-88032-949-5. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
4. ↑ Annuaire statistique 2010 (PDF) (Report) (insyd French). INSAE. 2012. p. 49. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
5. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
6. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX). population.un.org ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
7. ↑ "FAO Initiative on Soaring Food Prices". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
8. ↑ Global Logistics Assessments Reports Handbook. Vol. 1: Strategic Transportation and Customs Information for Selected Countries. International Business Publications USA. 2008 [2015-10-06]. p. 85. ISBN 978-0739766033.
9. ↑ "Religions in Benin | PEW-GRF". Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.