Benin

Benin (pronounced /bɨˈnɪn/), officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north; its short coastline to the south leads to the Bight of Benin.

Its size is just over 110000 km2 with a population of almost 8,500,000. Its capital is the Yoruba founded city of Porto-Novo but the seat of government is the Fon city of Cotonou.

A democratic government between 1960 and 1972 was followed by a self-proclaimed “Marxist-Leninist” dictatorship between 1972 and 1991, which was highly repressive and led to economic collapse. Multiparty elections have taken place since 1991. About a third of the population live below the international poverty line of US$1.25 per day.[3] Main income sources are subsistence agriculture and cotton.

[Abomey] [Cotonou] [Porto-Novo]

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International Country Code for calling Benin. This page details Benin phone code. The Benin phone codes will help you make international phone calls to Benin. In order to make international calls to Benin, use Benin’s country code before dialing the local number.The Benin country dialing code is only used when calling Benin from another country. To make an international call to Benin, you may also need a city or area code.

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Ukraine is next to the Benin and Malawi on the level of corruption

A leading international organization in the fight against corruption Transparency International announced the results of a study that the level of corruption in Ukraine amounted to 2.7 points on 10-point scale, where 0 - maximum, and 10 - absence of corruption in general.

Last year the figure was 2.8 points.

History of Benin

XVâ. – at country coast have got Portuguese slave trader.XVIIâ. – Dutches, Frenchmen and Englishmen have joined them. The territory has received the name “Slave coast”.The country has received independence on August, 1st, 1960. At that time it carried the name Dahomey, the present name the country has received in 1975 Benin a member of the United Nations, ÃÀÒÒ, IMF, the CART, the Organizations of the African unity.

Holidays

January 1 New Year’s Day
January 10 Vaudoun Day
March 31  The Prophet’s Birthday
April 9 Easter Monday
May 1 Labour Day
May 17 Ascension Day
May 28 Whit Monday
August 1 National Day
August 15 Assumption Day
October 13 Korite (End of Ramadan)
November 1 All Saint’s Day
December 20 Tabaski (Feast of Sacrifice)
December 25 Christmas Day

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