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NOVOTEL ORISHA Africa » Benin » Cotonou Cotonou Benin
Country: Benin
City: Cotonou
Address: Boulevard de la Marina 08 BP 0929
Phone: (+229)304177
Email:
Prices Starting at: $99.00

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BENIN MARINA HOTEL Africa » Benin » Cotonou Cotonou Benin
Country: Benin
City: Cotonou
Address: Boulevard de la Marina, P.O. Box 1901
Phone: (2290200/3011256
Prices Starting at: $213.84

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Benin Country Information and Map

Introduction

Present day Benin was the site of Dahomey, a prominent West African kingdom that rose in the 15th century. The territory became a French Colony in 1872 and achieved independence on 1 August 1960, as the Republic of Benin. A succession of military governments ended in 1972 with the rise to power of Mathieu KEREKOU and the establishment of a government based on Marxist-Leninist principles. A move to representative government began in 1989. Two years later, free elections ushered in former Prime Minister Nicephore SOGLO as president, marking the first successful transfer of power in Africa from a dictatorship to a democracy. KEREKOU was returned to power by elections held in 1996 and 2001, though some irregularities were alleged.

Location

Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo

Geographic coordinates

9 30 N, 2 15 E

Area

total: 112,620 sq km water: 2,000 sq km land: 110,620 sq km

Area - comparative

slightly smaller than Pennsylvania

Land boundaries

total: 1,989 km border countries: Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km, Togo 644 km

Coastline

121 km

Maritime claims

territorial sea: 200 NM

Climate

tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north

Terrain

mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains

Elevation extremes

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Mont Sokbaro 658 m

Natural resources

small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber

Land use

arable land: 15.28% permanent crops: 1.36% other: 83.36% (1998 est.)

Irrigated land

120 sq km (1998 est.)

Natural hazards

hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north from December to March

Environment - current issues

inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching threatens wildlife populations; deforestation; desertification

Environment - international agreements

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note

sandbanks create difficult access to a coast with no natural harbors, river mouths, or islands

Population

7,250,033 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 2004 est.)

Capital

Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government

Phone Code

+229

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