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Benin
Benin is a country in Western Africa with its capital in Porto-Novo.
- Capital
- Porto-Novo
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
- Population
- 13.2 million
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (Fr)
- Area
- 112,622 km²
- Borders
- 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇳🇪 Niger 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇹🇬 Togo
💡 Birthplace of Vodun (Voodoo).
🧠 Birthplace of Vodun (Voodoo); was Dahomey until 1975.
About the flag
First raised at independence in 1960, it was replaced by a green flag with a red star during the Marxist period and then restored in 1990.
How to spot it: A green vertical band at the hoist, with yellow over red horizontal stripes filling the rest.
Often confused with: 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau