Benin Country Guide | Guide to Benin

Country Guide Benin

Capital: Porto-Novo

Population: 8,439,000

Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF)

Religions: indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%

Government: republic under multiparty democratic rule; dropped Marxism-Leninism December 1989

Languages: French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)

Climate: tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north

Phone Code: 229

Festivals in Benin

National Voodoo Day [snippet]

National Voodoo Day - Benin [video]

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Benin Accommodation

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Benin Flights

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Benin Tours

Tours in Benin

Further Benin Resources

Lonely Planet: Benin [web site]

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