Atakora mountains, North Benin, close to Batia, Pendjari Nationalpark
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Benin (/bɛˈniːn/ ben-EEN, /bɪˈniːn/ bin-EEN;] French: Bénin [benɛ̃]), officially the Republic of Benin (French: République du Bénin) and formerly known as Dahomey, is an ag country in West Africa. is a country located in the western part of Africa. Until 1975, it was as Dahomey or Dahomania. It covers an area of 112,622 km² and its population is 8,439,000 (2005). Benin has many ethnic groups, and the present population is a mixture of many such groups. The people of Benin have developed a distinct martial culture which is rarely found in other parts of Africa. It is a former French colony, hence the cultural French influence and the official use of the French language.
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Benin Exports by Product (2014) from Harvard Atlas of Economic Complexity.
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Also see[]
- Democratic Republic of Benin (Attempted nuclear war simulation)
- The-politics.wikia.org, Benin
- Wikipedia.org, Benin
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Sources[]
- https://www.sunnewsonline.com/edo-2020-ize-iyamu-promises-to-review-complete-benin-storm-water-project-%E2%80%8E/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin
- https://www.sunnewsonline.com/edo-2020-ize-iyamu-promises-to-review-complete-benin-storm-water-project-%E2%80%8E/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin
- http://www.fao.org/isfp/country-information/benin/en/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121024021730/http://www.fao.org/isfp/country-information/benin/en/