Outline of Benin

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Benin:

Benin – country in West Africa.[1] Benin 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.

General reference[]

An enlargeable map of Benin
  • Pronunciation:
  • Common English country name: Benin
  • Official English country name: The Republic of Benin
  • Common endonym(s): List of countries and capitals in native languages
  • Official endonym(s): List of official endonyms of present-day nations and states
  • Adjectival(s): Beninese
  • Demonym(s):Beninese
  • Etymology: Name of Benin
  • ISO country codes: BJ, BEN, 204
  • ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:BJ
  • Internet country code top-level domain: .bj

Geography of Benin[]

An enlargeable topographic map of Benin

Geography of Benin

  • Benin is: a country
  • Population of Benin: 8,439,000(2005) - 89th most populous country
  • Area of Benin: 112,622 square kilometres (43,484 sq mi) - 101st largest country
  • Atlas of Benin

Location[]

 Nigeria 773 km
 Togo 644 km
 Burkina Faso 306 km
 Niger 266 km
  • Coastline: 121 km

Environment of Benin[]

An enlargeable satellite image of Benin

Natural geographic features of Benin[]

Regions of Benin[]

Ecoregions of Benin[]

List of ecoregions in Benin

Administrative divisions of Benin[]

Subdivisions of Benin

Departments of Benin[]

Benin is divided into 12 departments:

  • Alibori*
  • Atakora
  • Atlantique
  • Borgou
  • Collines*
  • Donga*
  • Kouffo*
  • Littoral*
  • Mono
  • Ouémé
  • Plateau*
  • Zou
Communes of Benin[]

There are 77 communes in Benin.

Municipalities of Benin[]

Demography of Benin[]

Demographics of Benin

Government and politics of Benin[]

Politics of Benin

Branches of government[]

Government of Benin

Executive branch of the government of Benin[]

Legislative branch of the government of Benin[]

  • National Assembly of Benin (unicameral parliament)

Judicial branch of the government of Benin[]

  • High Court of Justice of Benin – made up of members of the Constitutional Court, Parliament and the president of the Supreme Court. It alone can judge the President.

Foreign relations of Benin[]

Foreign relations of Benin

International organization membership[]

The Republic of Benin is a member of:[1]

Law and order in Benin[]

Military of Benin[]

Military of Benin

  • Command
    • Commander-in-chief:
  • Forces
    • Army of Benin
    • Navy of Benin

History of Benin[]

History of Benin

Dahomey[]

See also: § Dahomey mythology

Disasters in Benin[]

Elections in Benin[]

  • Elections in Benin
  • Benin presidential election, 2001
  • Beninese presidential election, 2006
  • Dahomey legislative election, 1959

Culture of Benin[]

Culture of Benin

Art in Benin[]

Ethnic groups in Benin[]

  • Aja people
  • Ewe people
  • Fon people
  • Tem peopleTem people
  • Gurma
  • Mahi people
  • Rulers of the Gurma Mossi state of Nungu
  • Yoruba people
    • Yoruba language
    • Yoruba twins

Languages of Benin[]

Religion in Benin[]

Sports in Benin[]

Football in Benin[]

Benin at the Olympics[]

Economy and infrastructure of Benin[]

Economy of Benin

Education in Benin[]

Education in Benin

Health in Benin[]

Health in Benin

Beninese people[]

Beninese musicians[]

Beninese politicians[]

Beninese sportspeople[]

Beninese footballers[]

Beninese football referees[]

Beninese writers[]

See also[]

Stubs

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Benin". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
  2. ^ The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978: IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.

External links[]

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