Benin

Benin

Ggwanga mu Afirika

Sovereign state, country

Inception	1 Gwamunaana(Muwakanya) 1960
IPA transc­rip­tion	bɛˈnɪn
Life expec­tan­cy	60.907 year
Named after	Bight of Benin
Official language	French
Anthem	L'Aube Nouvelle
Culture	culture of Benin
Continent	Afirika
Capital	Porto-Novo
Located in time zone	UTC+01:00, Africa/Porto-Novo
Located in or next to body of water	Atlantic Ocean
Located in/on physical feature	• Afirika  • West Africa
Coor­di­na­te location	8°50′0″N 2°11′0″E
Coor­di­na­tes of geog­rap­hic center	9°18′28″N 2°18′57″E
Coor­di­na­tes of eas­tern­most point	10°35′33″N 3°50′36″E
Coor­di­na­tes of nort­hern­most point	12°25′12″N 2°48′0″E
Coor­di­na­tes of sout­hern­most point	6°14′3″N 1°37′45″E
Coor­di­na­tes of wes­tern­most point	10°22′40″N 0°46′40″E
Geoshape	link
Highest point	Mont Sokbaro
Lowest point	Bight of Benin
Basic form of govern­ment	republic
Office held by head of state	President of the Republic of Benin
Head of state	Romuald Wadagni
Office held by the head of govern­ment	President of the Republic of Benin
Head of govern­ment	Pascal Koupaki, Lionel Zinsou, Patrice Talon
Executive body	Government of Benin
Legis­la­ti­ve body	National Assembly
Central bank	Central Bank of West African States
Mar­ria­geab­le age	18 years old
Obunji bw'abantu	14,111,034
Male popu­la­tion	6,152,125, 6,330,776, 6,509,711, 6,689,295, 4,887,820
Female popu­la­tion	6,138,319, 6,312,347, 6,487,184, 6,663,569, 5,120,929
Currency	West African CFA franc
Nominal GDP	19,676,049,075
Human Deve­lop­ment Index	0.525
Ine­qua­lity-adju­sted Human Deve­lop­ment Index	0.334
Suicide rate	9.9
Unemp­loy­ment rate	1±1 %
Shares border with	Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Togo
BTI Status Index	6.26, 6.34, 6.31, 6.44, 6.36, 6.28, 6.43, 6.08
Number of out-of-school children	827,619
Driving side	right
Mains voltage	220 volt
Elect­ri­cal plug type	Europlug, Type E
Replaces	French West Africa
Area	114,763 km²
Official website	www.gouv.bj
Top-level Internet domain	.bj
Flag	flag of Benin
Coat of arms	coat of arms of Benin
Geography of topic	Geography of Benin
Has cha­rac­te­ris­tic	free country
Economy of topic	economy of Benin
Demog­rap­hics of topic	demographics of Benin
Gini coef­fi­cient	37.8
VAT rate	18 %
Total fertility rate	4.766
Urban popu­la­tion	5,882,329, 6,121,168, 6,364,839, 6,614,208
Literacy rate	38.4 %
Democracy Index	4.58
Birth rate	37.675, 37.114, 36.608, 36.071
Death rate	9.248, 9.364, 9.434, 9.323
Happy Planet Index score	41.4
Mobile country code	616
Telephone country code	+229
Emergency phone number	112, 117, 118
Vehicle regist­ra­tion plate code	DY
Maritime iden­ti­fi­ca­tion digits	610

Benin, ggwanga mu Afirika. Ekibuga ky'ensi ekikulu kiyitibwa Porto-Novo.

• Awamu: 114.763 km²
• Abantu: 10.879.829 (2015)
• Ekibangirizi n'abantu: 94.8/km²

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