Benin

E29788

country in West Africa sovereign state

Benin is a West African country on the Gulf of Guinea known for its historical Kingdom of Dahomey and as a key region in the transatlantic slave trade.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country in West Africa ⓘ sovereign state ⓘ
borderedBy	Burkina Faso ⓘ Niger ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Togo ⓘ
callingCode	+229 ⓘ
capitalRecognizedByConstitution	Porto-Novo ⓘ
climate	tropical ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
currency	West African CFA franc ⓘ
currencyCode	XOF ⓘ
drivesOn	right ⓘ
flagColor	green ⓘ red ⓘ yellow ⓘ
formerName	Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ surface form: Dahomey
governmentType	presidential republic ⓘ
hasCapital	Porto-Novo ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
hasHistoricalSite	Abomey ⓘ Ouidah ⓘ
hasPortCity	Cotonou ⓘ
historicalRegion	Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
hostsSeatOfGovernment	Cotonou ⓘ
independenceDate	1960-08-01 ⓘ
independenceFrom	France ⓘ
internetTLD	.bj ⓘ
knownFor	role in the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
largestCity	Cotonou ⓘ
locatedIn	West Africa ⓘ
memberOf	African Union ⓘ ECOWAS ⓘ surface form: Economic Community of West African States Francophonie ⓘ surface form: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie United Nations ⓘ
nationalLanguage	Fon ⓘ Yoruba ⓘ
nationalSport	football ⓘ
officialLanguage	French ⓘ
regionalEconomicCommunity	West African Economic and Monetary Union ⓘ surface form: UEMOA
religionMajority	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Vodun ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	Cotonou ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+1 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Royal Palaces of Abomey ⓘ
usesLegalSystem	civil law ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bureau of African Affairs → appliesPolicyTo → Benin ⓘ

Atlantic–Congo languages → areSpokenIn → Benin ⓘ

West African languages → areSpokenIn → Benin ⓘ

Niger → borderCountry → Benin ⓘ

Burkina Faso → borderedBy → Benin ⓘ

Bight of Benin → borderedByCountry → Benin ⓘ

Gulf of Guinea → borders → Benin ⓘ

Western Nigeria → borders → Benin ⓘ

Sub-Saharan Africa → contains → Benin ⓘ

West Africa → containsCountry → Benin ⓘ

ECA Subregional Office for West Africa → countryServed → Benin ⓘ

Niger River → countryTraversed → Benin ⓘ

Niger River → drainageBasinCountry → Benin ⓘ

Niger River → formsBorderBetween → Benin ⓘ

ECOWAS → foundingMemberState → Benin ⓘ

Togo → hasBorderWith → Benin ⓘ

Francophonie → hasMajorMember → Benin ⓘ

Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → hasMember → Benin ⓘ

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → hasMemberState → Benin ⓘ

CEN-SAD → memberState → Benin ⓘ

ECOWAS → memberState → Benin ⓘ

French → officialLanguageOf → Benin ⓘ

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Benin ⓘ

Ifa → region → Benin ⓘ

Olodumare → region → Benin ⓘ

Nigeria → sharesBorderWith → Benin ⓘ

Yoruba → significantPopulationIn → Benin ⓘ

Ewe → spokenIn → Benin ⓘ

Gur languages → spokenIn → Benin ⓘ

Hausa → spokenIn → Benin ⓘ

Kwa languages → spokenIn → Benin ⓘ

Niger–Congo languages → spokenIn → Benin ⓘ

Nilo-Saharian phylum → spokenIn → Benin ⓘ

subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum

Songhay languages → spokenIn → Benin ⓘ

French West Africa → successorState → Benin ⓘ

Central European Summer Time → usedIn → Benin ⓘ

West Africa Time (WAT) → usedInCountry → Benin ⓘ

subject surface form: West Africa Time

Shango → veneratedIn → Benin ⓘ

Yemoja → veneratedIn → Benin ⓘ

Oshun → worshipRegion → Benin ⓘ

Ogun → worshippedIn → Benin ⓘ