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 Benin Facts and Figures
  Source: CIA World Factbook
Coordinates 9 30 N, 2 15 E
Area total: 112,620 sq km land: 110,620 sq km water: 2,000 sq km
Climate tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north
Terrain mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains
Population 8,078,314 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)
Languages French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
Imports foodstuffs, capital goods, petroleum products
Exports cotton, cashews, shea butter, textiles, palm products, seafood
Hazards hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north from December to March
Resources small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber
Geography sandbanks create difficult access to a coast with no natural harbors, river mouths, or islands
Nationality noun: Beninese (singular and plural) adjective: Beninese
Capital name: Porto-Novo (official capital) geographic coordinates: 6 29 N, 2 37 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Cotonou (seat of government)
Internet Country Code .bj
Internet Users 425,000 (2005)
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