Benin
Posted by Ahmed.kaka , 17/07/2010 7/17/2010
President:Yayi Boni
Total area:112,620 sq km
Language:French
Population (2010est): 9,056,010
Capital and largest city:Porto-Novo (official), 231,600
Other large cities: Cotonou 734,600
Official religion:Christianity and Islam
Monetary unit:CFA Franc
Total area:112,620 sq km
Language:French
Population (2010est): 9,056,010
Capital and largest city:Porto-Novo (official), 231,600
Other large cities: Cotonou 734,600
Official religion:Christianity and Islam
Monetary unit:CFA Franc
Geography
This West African nation on the Gulf of Guinea, between Togo on the west and Nigeria on the east It is bounded by Burkina Faso and Niger on the north. The land consists of a narrow coastal strip that rises to a swampy, forested plateau and then to highlands in the north
Government
Republic under a multiparty democratic rule.
History
The Abomey kingdom of the Dahomey, or Fon, peoples was established in 1625. A rich cultural life flourished, and Dahomey's wooden masks, bronze statues, tapestries, and pottery are world renowned. One of the smallest and most densely populated regions in Africa, Dahomey was annexed by the French in 1893 and incorporated into French West Africa in 1904. It became an autonomous republic within the French Community in 1958, and on Aug. 1, 1960, Dahomey was granted its independence within the Community
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