Outline of Benin

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Benin country in West Africa. [1] It 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

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Geography of Benin

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Geography of Benin

Location

Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 773 km
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 644 km
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 306 km
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 266 km

Environment of Benin

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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:

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

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

History of Benin

History of Benin

Dahomey

Disasters in Benin

Elections in Benin

Culture of Benin

Culture of Benin

Art in Benin

Ethnic groups in Benin

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

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Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, and also known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its population lives on the southern coastline of the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Porto-Novo, and the seat of government is in Cotonou, the most populous city and economic capital. Benin covers an area of 114,763 km2 (44,310 sq mi), and its population in 2021 was estimated to be approximately 13 million. It is a tropical country with an economy heavily dependent on agriculture, and is an exporter of palm oil and cotton.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Porto-Novo</span> Capital of Benin

Porto-Novo is the capital and second-largest city of Benin. The commune covers an area of 110 square kilometres (42 sq mi) and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Politics of Benin</span>

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Coutoucou Hubert Maga was a politician from Dahomey. He arose on a political scene where one's power was dictated by what region in Dahomey one lived in. Born a peasant in 1916, Maga served as a schoolmaster from 1936 to 1945, during which time he gradually gained considerable influence among the uneducated. He was elected to Dahomey's territorial assembly in 1947 and founded the Northern Ethnical Group, later renamed the Dahomey Democratic Rally. In 1951, Maga was elected to the French National Assembly, where he served in various positions, including premier from 1959 to 1960. When Dahomey gained its independence from France on August 1, 1960, Maga was appointed to the presidency, and was officially elected to that post on December 11.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elections in Benin</span>

Elections in Benin take place within the framework of a multi-party democracy and a presidential system. Both the President and the National Assembly are directly elected by voters, with elections organised by the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA).

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Rosine Honorine Vieyra Soglo was a Beninese politician. Soglo served as First Lady of Benin from 1991 to 1996 during the presidency of her husband, Nicéphore Soglo. She is considered the first First Lady of the democratic era following Benin's transition to a multi-party democracy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christophe Soglo</span> Beninese military officer and politician

Christophe Soglo was a Beninese military officer and political leader.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maurice Kouandété</span> Beninese military officer and politician

Iropa Maurice Kouandété was a Beninese military officer and politician. Kouandété enrolled in the army in his late teens. Over the years, he became popular among junior soldiers in the north and gained the contempt of those in the south. Jim Hoagland of The Washington Post described Kouandété as a "moody, brilliant and highly ambitious soldier".

Benoît Sinzogan was a Beninese military officer and politician, best known for leading his country's gendarmerie in the late 1960s. He was a member of the Fon ethnic group, which dominated the Beninese army from 1965 to 1967. After Maurice Kouandété usurped the presidency on December 17, Sinzogan was placed under house arrest until December 19. That day, Sinzogan was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, his first political post, which he held until July 1968. He was a member of the Military Directorate, which ruled Dahomey from 1969 to 1970. Academic Samuel Decalo described the man as "too timid to mount a coup" during the 1960s and 1970s, being "one of Dahomey's few senior officers not to attempt to."

Major Jean-Baptiste Hachème was a Beninese military officer and politician. He was most active when his country was known as Dahomey. Of Fon origins, he entered the national political stage in 1963, when he quelled riots started by supporters of former president Hubert Maga. Henceforth he served under various government positions, including briefly the de facto head of Dahomey.

Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in Western Africa. It 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 size is just over 110000 km2 with a population of almost 8500000. Its capital is the Yoruba founded city of Porto Novo, but the seat of government is the Fon city of Cotonou. About half the population live below the international poverty line of US$1.25 per day.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Presidential Council (Benin)</span> 1970–1972 triumvirate government of Dahomey

The Presidential Council was a triumvirate system of government in the Republic of Dahomey from 7 May 1970 until 26 October 1972. The Presidential Council included Hubert Maga, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, and Sourou-Migan Apithy as equal members of a council which held all legislative and executive power in the state of Dahomey.

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.

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