Benin and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered
by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, and Burkina Faso and Niger to the
north. The majority of its population lives on the small southern coastline of
the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion
of the Atlantic Ocean. The capital of Benin is Porto-Novo, but the seat of
government is in Cotonou, the country's largest city and economic capital.
Benin covers an area of 114,763 square kilometers (44,310 sq. mi) and its population
in 2016 was estimated to be approximately 10.87 million. Benin is a tropical
nation, highly dependent on agriculture, with substantial employment and income
arising from subsistence farming. Official language of Benin is French.
However, indigenous languages such as Fon and Yoruba are commonly spoken. The
largest religious group in Benin is Roman Catholicism, followed closely by
Islam, Vodun and Protestantism.
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