Benin
Basic Information
Official name: Republic of Benin
Native name: Bénin
Population: 13,224,860
Area: 112,622 km²
Region: Africa
Sub Region: Western Africa
Capital: Porto-Novo
Coordinates: 9.5°, 2.25°
Landlocked: No
Political & Administrative
UN Member: Yes
Independent: Yes
Status: officially-assigned
ISO Code (Alpha-2): BJ
ISO Code (Alpha-3): BEN
Olympic Code: BEN
FIFA Code: BEN
Top level domain: .bj
Start of week: monday
Currencies
West African CFA franc (Fr) - XOF
Languages
French (fra)
Timezones
UTC+01:00
Continents
Africa
Demonyms
eng: Beninese/Beninesefra: Béninois/Béninoise
GINI Index
2015: 47.8
Driving
Side: rightSign: DY
International Dialing
+229
Coat of Arms
Border Countries: