Outline of Benin
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Benin:
Republic of Benin – sovereign country located 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.
[edit] General reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Benin
- Official English country name: The Republic of Benin
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Beninian
- Demonym(s):
- 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
[edit] Geography of Benin
Main article: 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
[edit] Location
- Benin is situated within the following regions:
- Time zone: West Africa Time (UTC+01)
- Extreme points of Benin
- High: Mont Sokbaro 658 m (2,159 ft)
- Low: Bight of Benin 0 m
- Land boundaries: 1,989 km
Nigeria 773 km
Togo 644 km
Burkina Faso 306 km
Niger 266 km
- Coastline: 121 km
[edit] Environment of Benin
- Climate of Benin
- Ecoregions in Benin
- Protected areas of Benin
- Wildlife of Benin
- Fauna of Benin
[edit] Natural geographic features of Benin
- Glaciers in Benin: none [2]
- World Heritage Sites in Benin
[edit] Regions of Benin
[edit] Ecoregions of Benin
- Main article: Ecoregions in Benin
[edit] Administrative divisions of Benin
- Main article: Subdivisions of Benin
[edit] Departments of Benin
Main article: Departments of Benin
Benin is divided into six departments:
- Atakora Department
- Atlantique Department
- Borgou Department
- Mono Department
- Oueme Department
- Zou Department
[edit] Departments of Benin
Main article: Departments of Benin
Benin is divided into 12 Departments:
[edit] Communes of Benin
Main article: Communes of Benin
There are 77 communes in Benin.
[edit] Municipalities of Benin
- Capital of Benin: Porto Novo
- Cities of Benin
[edit] Demography of Benin
- Main article: Demographics of Benin
[edit] Government and politics of Benin
- Main article: Government of Benin and Politics of Benin
- Elections in Benin
- (specific elections)
- Political parties in Benin
[edit] Branches of government
Main article: Government of Benin
[edit] Executive branch of the government of Benin
[edit] Legislative branch of the government of Benin
[edit] Judicial branch of the government of Benin
Main article: Court system of Benin
[edit] Foreign relations of Benin
Main article: Foreign relations of Benin
[edit] International organization membership
The Republic of Benin is a member of:[1]
[edit] Law and order in Benin
[edit] Military of Benin
- Main article: Military of Benin
- Command
- Forces
[edit] History of Benin
- Main article: History of Benin
[edit] Culture of Benin
- Main article: Culture of Benin
- Languages of Benin
- Media in Benin
- National symbols of Benin
- Public holidays in Benin
- Religion in Benin
- World Heritage Sites in Benin
[edit] Art in Benin
[edit] Sports in Benin
[edit] Economy and infrastructure of Benin
- Main article: Economy of Benin
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 136th (one hundred and thirty sixth)
- Agriculture in Benin
- Communications in Benin
- Companies of Benin
- Currency of Benin: Franc
- Energy in Benin
- Health in Benin
- Mineral industry of Benin
- Benin Stock Exchange
- Tourism in Benin
- Trade unions in Benin
- Transport in Benin
- Water supply and sanitation in Benin
[edit] Education in Benin
- Main article: Education in Benin
[edit] Health in Benin
Main article: Health in Benin
[edit] See also
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French language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
- All pages beginning with "Benin"
- All pages with titles containing "Benin"
- All pages beginning with "Beninese"
- All pages with titles containing "Beninese"
- Index of Benin-related articles
- List of Benin-related topics
- List of international rankings
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of Africa
- Outline of geography
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Benin". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bn.html. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
- ^ 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.
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- Government
- Benin Government Portal (official site)
- News
- allAfrica - Benin news headline links
- AfricaTime news - Benin
- quotidien le martinal
- ORTB - Office of Radio & Television Benin
- LC2 international TV (Live TV )
- Overviews
- BBC News - Country Study: Benin
- Benin entry at The World Factbook
- MBendi - Information for Africa
- US State Department - Benin includes Background Notes, Country Study and major reports
- Rural poverty in Benin (IFAD) (French)
- World Bank Country Brief: Benin
- Culture
- Directories
- Columbia University Libraries - Benin directory category of the WWW-VL
- Benin at the Open Directory Project
- Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: Benin directory category
- Yahoo! - Benin directory category
- Japan Africa Network
- Tourism
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