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(US /bᵻˈniːn, -ˈnɪn/ bǝ-neen or –nin;
UK /bɛˈniːn/ beh-neen; French: Béninpronounced: [benɛ̃]),
officially the Republic of Benin
(French: République du Bénin)
and formerly Dahomey,
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-‘benin’ is a country in ‘west africa’-
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(it is bordered by ‘Togo’ to the west, ‘Nigeria’ to the east, and ‘Burkina Faso’ and ‘Niger’ to the north)
(the majority of its population lives on the small southern coastline of the ‘Bight of Benin’, part of the ‘Gulf of Guinea’ in the northernmost tropical portion of the ‘Atlantic Ocean’)
(the capital of ‘Benin’ is ‘Porto-Novo’, but the seat of government is in ‘Cotonou’, the country’s largest city and economic capital)
(‘Benin’ covers an area of 114,763 square kilometers and its population in 2015 was estimated to be approximately 10.88 million)
(‘Benin’ is a tropical nation, highly dependent on agriculture, with substantial employment and income arising from subsistence farming)
(the official language of ‘Benin’ is ‘French’)
(however, indigenous languages such as ‘Fon’ and ‘Yoruba’ are commonly spoken)
(the largest religious group in ‘Benin’ is ‘Roman Catholicism’, followed closely by ‘Islam’, ‘Vodun’, and ‘Protestantism’)
(‘Benin’ is a member of the ‘United Nations’, the ‘African Union’, the ‘Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’, the ‘South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone’, ‘La Francophonie’, the ‘Community of Sahel-Saharan States’, the ‘African Petroleum Producers Association’, and the ‘Niger Basin Authority’)
(from the 17th to the 19th century, the main political entities in the area were the “Kingdom of Dahomey” along with the city-state of ‘Porto-Novo’ and a large area with many different tribes to the north)
(this region was referred to as the ‘Slave Coast’ from as early as the 17th century due to the large number of slaves shipped to the ‘New World’ during the ‘Trans-Atlantic slave trade’)
(after slavery was abolished, ‘France’ took over the country and renamed it ‘French Dahomey’)
(in 1960, ‘Dahomey’ gained full independence from ‘France’, and had a tumultuous period with many different democratic governments, military coups. and military governments)
(a ‘marxist–leninist’ state called the ‘people’s republic of benin’ existed between ‘1975’ and ‘1990’)
(in 1991, it was replaced by the current multi-party ‘republic of benin’)
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