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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Benin canonical 210
Republic of Benin 8
Benin (country) 1

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 (220)

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

Nigeria → sharesBorderWith → Benin ⓘ
West African languages → areSpokenIn → Benin ⓘ
Bureau of African Affairs → appliesPolicyTo → Benin ⓘ
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → hasMemberState → Benin ⓘ
Hausa → spokenIn → Benin ⓘ
Central European Summer Time → usedIn → Benin ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages → spokenIn → Benin ⓘ
Yoruba → significantPopulationIn → Benin ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea → borders → Benin ⓘ
West Africa → containsCountry → Benin ⓘ
ECOWAS → memberState → Benin ⓘ
ECOWAS → foundingMemberState → Benin ⓘ
ECA Subregional Office for West Africa → countryServed → Benin ⓘ
French → officialLanguageOf → Benin ⓘ
French West Africa → successorState → Benin ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa → contains → Benin ⓘ
Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Benin ⓘ
Niger → borderCountry → Benin ⓘ
Western Nigeria → borders → Benin ⓘ
Francophonie → hasMajorMember → Benin ⓘ
Niger River → countryTraversed → Benin ⓘ
Niger River → drainageBasinCountry → Benin ⓘ
Niger River → formsBorderBetween → Benin ⓘ
Kwa languages → spokenIn → Benin ⓘ
Songhay languages → spokenIn → Benin ⓘ
CEN-SAD → memberState → Benin ⓘ
West Africa Time (WAT) → usedInCountry → Benin ⓘ
subject surface form: West Africa Time
Togo → hasBorderWith → Benin ⓘ
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → hasMember → Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso → borderedBy → Benin ⓘ
Nilo-Saharian phylum → spokenIn → Benin ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Gur languages → spokenIn → Benin ⓘ
Ewe → spokenIn → Benin ⓘ
Atlantic–Congo languages → areSpokenIn → Benin ⓘ
Olodumare → region → Benin ⓘ
Ogun → worshippedIn → Benin ⓘ
Shango → veneratedIn → Benin ⓘ
Oshun → worshipRegion → Benin ⓘ
Ifa → region → Benin ⓘ
Yemoja → veneratedIn → Benin ⓘ
Bight of Benin → borderedByCountry → Benin ⓘ
FAO Major Fishing Area 34 → coversWatersOf → Benin ⓘ
Fulfulde → spokenIn → Benin ⓘ
Hausa-Fulani → hasSignificantPopulationIn → Benin ⓘ
Fula language → spokenIn → Benin ⓘ
Francophone Africa → includesCountry → Benin ⓘ
Ogun State → borders → Benin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of Benin
ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development → countryOfMembers → Benin ⓘ
Kwara State → bordersCountry → Benin ⓘ
West African Development Bank → countryServed → Benin ⓘ