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www.hantra.com/Benin |
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Benin1@hantra.com |
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Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo |
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total: 112,620 sq km
water: 2,000 sq km
land: 110,620 sq km |
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7,041,490 |
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African 99% (42 ethnic groups, most important being Fon, Adja, Yoruba, Bariba), Europeans 5,500 |
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indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20% |
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French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north) |
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purchasing power parity - $7.38 billion (2002 est.) |
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textiles, food processing, chemical production, construction materials (2001) |
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Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); |
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