Benin – 19 interesting facts in the description

Benin – 19 interesting facts in the description

Benin (until 1975 called Dahomey) occupies a small area (112.6 thousand km²), stretching from the coast of the Gulf of Guinea 700 km to the north. Until 1960, Benin was a possession of France, after independence – a presidential republic that retained French as the official language. The southern part of the country is a coastal lowland, where…

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