Benin: all about this country and its main places!

General Information About Benin

Population

There are 10,653,654 inhabitants, or 0.14% of the population of planet earth.

Economy

In 2021 the GDP was $17,144,918,952 USD, which ranks it number 115 in the world. The currency ISO code is XOF and the currency symbol is FCFA.

Geography

112,622 km² make up the entire country, they don't use a postcode system and the key cities are: Cotonou, Abomey-Calavi, Comé, Porto Novo, Cocotomey. Here are the different languages spoken in the country: French. Porto-Novo is the nation's capital and the country has a border with Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Togo.

Culture

There are UNESCO listed sites in this country: Royal Palaces of Abomey.

Good to know

The country's websites have the domain name ".bj", the country's ISO code is BJ, phone numbers start with +229 For more information about this country, check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin.

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