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Categories: Articles with short description, 1960 establishments in Africa, Pages using infobox country or infobox former country with the flag caption or type parameters, Kingdoms of Benin, Member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
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Benin  Republic of Benin  Dahomey
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A country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control WordNet 3.0
Geonames
Definitions
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Sources
EN
A country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. Wikipedia
The Kingdom of Dahomey was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Wikipedia
Modern country in Africa. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Sovereign state in West Africa Wikidata
Former kingdom in what is now Benin Wikidata
A country in Western Africa whose capital is Porto Novo. OmegaWiki
A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey. Wiktionary
Country. Wiktionary (translation)
A former country in Africa, located in present-day Benin. Wiktionary
Former country in Africa. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
African country
state
historical country
HAS PART
Porto-Novo
Cotonou
Niger
PART OF
Africa
West Africa
Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar
HAS KIND
First Franco-Dahomean War
ANTHEM
L'Aube Nouvelle
BASIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT
representative democracy
CAPITAL
Porto-Novo
Cotonou
Abomey
CENTRAL BANK
Central Bank of West African States
COAT OF ARMS
coat of arms of Benin
CONTAINS ADMINISTRATIVE TERRITORIAL ENTITY
Atakora Department
Collines Department
Littoral
Ouémé Department
Zou Department
+7 relations
CONTINENT
Africa
COUNTRY
Benin
CULTURE
culture of Benin
CURRENCY
West African CFA franc
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
DIFFERENT FROM
Benin City
DIPLOMATIC RELATION
United States
India
Brazil
China
Taiwan
+4 relations
DRIVING SIDE
right
ELECTRICAL PLUG TYPE
Europlug
Type E
EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER
9-1-1
112
118
EXECUTIVE BODY
Cabinet of Benin
FLAG
flag of Benin
GEOGRAPHY OF TOPIC
geography of Benin
HAS QUALITY
free country
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
Patrice Talon
HEAD OF STATE
Ghezo
Patrice Talon
HIGHEST POINT
Mont Sokbaro
HISTORY OF TOPIC
history of Benin
LANGUAGE USED
Yoruba
French
Hausa
Adja language
Bariba language
+48 relations
LEGISLATIVE BODY
National Assembly
LOCATED IN OR NEXT TO BODY OF WATER
Atlantic
LOCATED IN TIME ZONE
UTC+01:00
Africa/Porto-Novo
LOCATED ON TERRAIN FEATURE
West Africa
LOWEST POINT
Bight of Benin
MEMBER OF
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
International Development Association
International Finance Corporation
Interpol
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
+19 relations
NAMED AFTER
Bight of Benin
OFFICE HELD BY HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
President of Republic of Benin
OFFICE HELD BY HEAD OF STATE
President of Republic of Benin
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
French
OFFICIAL RELIGION
Dahomean religion
REPLACED BY
French Dahomey
REPLACES
Kingdom of Whydah
French West Africa
Great Ardra
SHARES BORDER WITH
Burkina Faso
Nigeria
Niger
Togo
SIGNIFICANT PERSON
Do-Aklin
TOP-LEVEL INTERNET DOMAIN
.bj
USES
sacrifice
WIKIMEDIA OUTLINE
Outline of Benin
MEMBER MERONYM
Beninese
Ewe
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Benin, Republic of Benin, Dahomey
Wikipedia
EN
Benin, Dahomey
Wikidata
EN
Benin, Dahomey
GeoNames
EN
Benin, Republic of Benin
Wiktionary
EN
Benin, Dahomey
OmegaWiki
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Benin, Republic of Benin
Wikipedia Redirections
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Administrative divisions of Benin, Ancient history of Benin, Benin Republic, Beninese, Beninese culture, Beninois, Bénin, Culture of Benin, Dahomean, Dahomey kingdom, Dahomey people, Dahomeyan, Danhome, DHY, Dohomey, Etymology of Benin, ISO 3166-1:BJ, Kingdom of Dahomey, Name of Benin, Precolonial history of Benin, Prehistory of Benin, Republic of Benin, Republic of Bénin, Sports in Benin, the Kingdom of Dahomey
Wikidata Alias
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BEN, Cộng hòa Benin, Dahomey, Kingdom of Dahomey, Republic of Benin, 🇧🇯

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