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Benin
Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...

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Cities in Benin

List of cities in Benin
Abomey
Abomey
When UNESCO designated the royal palaces of Abomey as a World Heritage Site in 1985 it statedFrom 1993, 50 of the 56 bas-reliefs that formerly decorated the walls of King Glèlè have been located and replaced on the rebuilt structure...
Abomey-Calavi
Abomey-Calavi
Abomey-Calavi is a city, arrondissement, and commune located in the Atlantique Department of Benin. It is a suburb of Cotonou and is located approximately 18 km from the city centre of Cotonou....
Allada
Allada
Allada is a town, arrondissement, and commune located in the Atlantique Department of Benin.Allada was the capital of the most powerful king in Ajaland before it fell to the armies of Dahomey....
Aplahoué
Aplahoué
Aplahoué is a town and arrondissement located in the Kouffo Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 572 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 116,988 people.-References:...
Athiémé
Athiémé
Athiémè is a town and arrondissement located in the Mono Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 220 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 39,481 people.-References:...
Banikoara
Banikoara
Banikoara is a town, arrondissement and commune located in the Alibori Department of Benin. It lies 69 kilometers west of Kandi at the heart of the most productive cotton-growing region in Benin...
Bassila
Bassila
Bassila is a town, arrondissement, and commune located in the Donga Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 120 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 71,511 people....
Bembèrèkè
Bembèrèkè
Bembèrèkè is a town, arrondissement, and commune located in the Borgou Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 3348 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 94,580 people.-References:...
Bohicon
Bohicon
Bohicon is a city in Benin, and a conurbation of Abomey lying 9 kilometres east of the city on the railway line from Cotonou to Parakou and on Benin’s main highway RNIE 2 which joins the RNIE 4. The commune covers an area of 139 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 113,091...
Bori
Boukoumbé
Boukoumbé
Boukoumbé or Boukombé is a town, arrondissement and commune in north western Benin on the border with Togo. It is known for its market, its whipping ceremony and for its tradition of pipe making...
Bétérou
Bétérou
Bétérou is a town and arrondissement located in the Borgou Department of central Benin. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 15,236....
Comé
Comé
Comè is a town and arrondissement located in the Mono Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 163 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 58,396 people.-References:...
Cotonou
Cotonou
-Demographics:*1979: 320,348 *1992: 536,827 *2002: 665,100 *2005: 690,584 The main languages spoken in Cotonou include the Fon language, Aja language, Yoruba language and French.-Transport:...
Cové
Cové
Cové is a city located in the Zou Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 525 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 34,442 people.-Geography:...
Dassa-Zoumé
Dassa-Zoumé
Dassa-Zoumé, often shortened to Dassa, is a city in Benin, on the Cotonou to Parakou railway and the main north-south highway. The commune covers an area of 1711 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 93,967 people....
Djougou
Djougou
Djougou is the largest city in north west Benin. It is an important market town. The commune covers an area of 3,966 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 181,895 people.-General Information:...
Dogbo-Tota
Dogbo-Tota
Dogbo-Tota is a city located in the Kouffo Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 475 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 76,947 people.-References:...
Ganvie
Ganvie
Ganvie is a lake village in Benin, lying in Lake Nokoué, near Cotonou. With a population of around 20,000 people, it is probably the largest lake village in Africa and as such is very popular with tourists....
Gogounou
Gogounou
Gogounou is a town, arrondissement and commune in the Alibori Department of Benin, about 35 kilometres south of Kandi. The commune covers an area of 4910 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 80,013 people.-Geography:...
Grand Popo
Kandi
Kandi
Kandi is a town, arrondissement and commune in the Alibori Department of eastern Benin. Originally a market town, Kandi is now primarily a farming centre. It lies on the nation's main north-south highway, 650 km from Cotonou and 325 miles north of Porto-Novo. The town is the capital of...
Karimama
Kouandé
Kouandé
Kouandé is a town, arrondissement and commune, located in the Atakora Department of Benin.The commune covers an area of 4500 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 80,261 people. The main town had an estimated 7,127 people in 2008....
Kérou
Kérou
Kérou is a town, arrondissement and commune located in the Atakora Department of Benin.The commune covers an area of 3745 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 62,632 people....
Kétou
Kétou
Kétou is a Yoruba town, arrondissement, and commune located in the Plateau Department of the Republic of Benin . It is said to have been founded by Ede, son of Sopasan and grandson of Oduduwa , who ruled the Yoruba kingdom of Ile-Ife in present-day Nigeria...
Lokossa
Lokossa
Lokossa is an arrondissement, commune, and the capital city of Mono Department in Benin. The name Lokossa translates into English as "underneath the iroko tree"....
Malanville
Malanville
Malanville is a city, arrondissement and commune in the Alibori Department of northeastern Benin, located across the River Niger from Niger. It is known as a centre of cross-border trade and has a major market. Malanville is also a centre for rice-growing. The commune covers an area of 3016 square...
Natitingou
Natitingou
Natitingou is a city and commune in north western Benin. It is about 50 km from Benin's Pendjari National Park, where tourists can see West African wildlife during the months of December through June...
Ndali (Benin)
Nikki, Benin
Nikki, Benin
Nikki is a city, arrondissement, and commune located in the Borgou Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 3171 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 99,251 people.-References:...
Ouidah
Ouidah
Ouidah , also Whydah or Juda, is a city on the Atlantic coast of Benin.The commune covers an area of 364 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 76,555 people.-History:...
Parakou
Parakou
Parakou is the largest city in eastern Benin, with an estimated population of around 188,853 people, and capital of the Borgou Department. The mayor as of 2008 was Samou Seidou Adambi and administratively the commune of Parakou makes up one of Benin's 77 communes.-Economy:Parakou lies on the main...
Pobé
Pobé
Pobè is a city and arrondissement located in the Plateau Department of Benin.The commune covers an area of 400 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 82,910 people....
Porga
Porga
Porga is a town located in the Atakora Department of Benin.The Porga Airport serves Porga....
Porto-Novo
Porto-Novo
Porto-Novo is the official capital of the West African nation of Benin, and was the capital of French Dahomey. The commune covers an area of 110 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people.Porto-Novo is a port on an inlet of the Gulf of Guinea, in the southeastern portion...
Péhonko
Péhonko
Péhunco or Péhonko is a town, arrondissement and commune located in the Atakora Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 1900 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 55,082 people.-References:...
Sakété
Sakété
Sakété is a city located in the Plateau Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 432 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 70,604 people....
Savalou
Savalou
Savalou is a city located in the Collines Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 2674 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 104,749 people. -External links:*...
Savé
Savé
Savé is a city in Benin, lying on the Cotonou-Parakou railway and the main north-south road. It is known for its local boulders, popular with climbers.The commune covers an area of 2228 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 67,753 people....
Segboroué
Ségbana
Ségbana
Ségbana is a town, arrondissement and commune located in the Alibori Department of Benin.The commune covers an area of 4471 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 52,639 people.-Geography:...
Tanguietta
Tanguiéta
Tanguiéta
Tanguiéta is a town, arrondissement and commune located in the Atakora Department of Benin.The commune covers an area of 5465 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 54,719 people...
Tchaourou
Tchaourou
Tchaourou is a commune, arrondissement, and city located in the Borgou Department of Benin, a country in Western Africa, formerly known as Dahomey . It is the birthplace of current Beninese president Yayi Boni...

Communications in Benin

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Communications in Benin
Communications in Benin
Telephones - main lines in use:110,300 country comparison to the world: 137Telephones - mobile cellular:1,895 million country comparison to the world: 114Telephone system:general assessment:...
.bj
.bj
.bj is the Internet country code top-level domain for Benin. It is administered by the Office of Stations and Telecommunications of Benin....

National parks of Benin

List of national parks of Benin
Pendjari National Park
Pendjari National Park
The Pendjari National Park lies in north western Benin, adjoining the Arli National Park in Burkina Faso. Named for the Pendjari River, the national park is known for its wildlife and his home to some of the last populations of big game like elephants, West African lions, hippopotamuses, buffalo...
W National Park
W National Park
The W National Park is a major national park in West Africa around a meander in the River Niger shaped like a "W". The park includes areas of the three countries Niger, Benin and Burkina Faso, and is governed by the three governments...

Beninese culture

Coat of arms of Benin
Coat of arms of Benin
The coat of arms of Benin, originally introduced in 1964, was readopted in 1990 after being replaced in 1975.At the top of the emblem is the national crest that consists of two horns with corn in the ear and filled with sand. These are reputed to stand for prosperity...
Flag of Benin
Flag of Benin
The national flag of Benin was adopted in 1959. It was changed upon the accession of the Marxist regime in 1975, but upon the latter's fall the old design was reintroduced on August 1, 1990. The colours are the traditional Pan-African colours : green symbolizes hope, yellow symbolizes wealth and...
L'Aube Nouvelle
L'Aube Nouvelle
L'Aube Nouvelle is the national anthem of Benin. Written and composed by Gilbert Jean Dagnon, it was adopted upon independence in 1960.- Lyrics :-External links:**...
Public holidays in Benin
Public holidays in Benin
-Movable holidays:The following holidays are public holidays but the date on which each occurs varies, according to its corresponding calendar, and thus has no set date. In order in which they occur:...

Languages of Benin

Fon language
Fon language
Fon is part of the Gbe language cluster and belongs to the Volta–Niger branch of the Niger–Congo languages. Fon is spoken mainly in Benin by approximately 1.7 million speakers, by the Fon people...
Gen language
Gen language
Gen is a Gbe language spoken in the southeast of Togo in the Maritime Region. It is also spoken in the Mono Department of Benin. It is part of the Volta–Niger branch of the major African Niger–Congo language family...
Kabiyé language
Kabiyé language
Kabiyè is a Grusi language spoken primarily in northern Togo, and also by smaller numbers of people in Benin and Ghana. It is one of two national languages of Togo.-References:-External links:**...
Phla–Pherá languages
Yoruba language
Yoruba language
Yorùbá is a Niger–Congo language spoken in West Africa by approximately 20 million speakers. The native tongue of the Yoruba people, it is spoken, among other languages, in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo and in communities in other parts of Africa, Europe and the Americas...
Mina
Goun
Dendi
Natimba

Beninese writers

List of Beninese writers
Olympe Bhely-Quenum
Olympe Bhely-Quenum
Olympe Bhêly-Quénum is a Beninese writer and journalist.Born in Ouidah, Benin, Bhêly-Quénum won the Grand prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire for Le Chant du lac in 1966.-Works:* Le Chant du lac...
Paulin J. Hountondji
Paulin J. Hountondji
Paulin Hountondji is a Beninese philosopher and politician.Hountondji was educated at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, graduating in 1966, and taking his doctorate in 1970...

Departments of Benin

Departments of Benin
Departments of Benin
||Benin is divided into 12 departments , and subdivided into 77 communes . In 1999, the previous six departments were each split into two halves, forming the current 12...
Alibori Department
Alibori Department
Alibori is the largest and northernmost départements of Benin, with an area of 25,683 km² and a population of 355,950 . The department is subdivided into 6 communes, each centered at one of the principal towns: Banikoara, Gogounou, Kandi, Karimama, Malanville, and Ségbana. The department borders...
Atakora Department
Atakora Department
Atakora is the northwestern department of Benin, bordering Togo to the west and Burkina Faso to the north. Also, it borders the departments of Alibori, Borgou, and Donga. It is the most mountainous region of Benin, and the birth place of the president, Mathieu Kérékou...
Atlantique Department
Atlantique Department
Atlantique is one of the twelve departments of Benin.Atlantique is divided into the communes of Abomey-Calavi, Allada, Kpomassè, Ouidah, Sô-Ava, Toffo, Tori-Bossito, and Zè.In 1999 the Littoral Department was split off from Atlantique....
Borgou Department
Borgou Department
Borgou is one of the twelve departments of Benin. Borgou borders the country of Nigeria and the departments of Alibori, Atakora, Collines and Donga. The capital of Borgou is Parakou and the total area is 25,310 km.² or 9,772 mi.²....
Collines Department
Collines Department
Collines is one of the twelve departments of Benin. Collines was created in 1999 after the Benin government split up the former six departments of Atakora, Atlantique, Borgou, Mono, Oueme and Zou into twelve. Collinies was split from Zou. Since 2008, the capital is Savalou. The departments that...
Donga Department
Donga Department
Donga is one of the twelve departments of Benin. Donga was created in 1999 when the government split up the original six departments into twelve. Donga was split from Atakora. The capital of Donga is Djougou. The total area is 10,691 km.² or 4,128mi.²....
Kouffo Department
Kouffo Department
Kouffo is one of the twelve departments of Benin. The area of Kouffo is 2,404 km.² . Kouffo borders the country of Togo and it also borders the departments of Mono, Zou, and Atlantique. Since 2008, the capital is Aplahoué...
Littoral Department
Littoral Department
Littoral is one of the twelve departments of Benin, and is divided into 13 arrondissements. It contains just one commune/city, Cotonou, the largest in the country and the economic capital. Littoral is the smallest of the twelve departments. The area is . Littoral was split from the Atlantique...
Mono Department
Mono Department
Mono is one of the twelve departments of Benin. The capital of this department is Lokossa. The department of Kouffo was part of Mono until 1999 when the Benin government split up some of the departments and made new departments. The Gen language is only spoken in this department in Benin...
Ouémé Department
Ouémé Department
Ouémé is one of the twelve departments of Benin.In 1999 the northern part of the department was split off to form the new Plateau Department....
Plateau Department
Plateau Department
Plateau is one of the twelve departments of Benin.Plateau is divided into the communes of Ifangni, Adja-Ouèrè, Kétou, Pobè and Sakété....
Zou Department
Zou Department
Zou is one of the twelve departments of Benin.Zou is divided into the communes of Abomey, Agbangnizoun, Bohicon, Cové, Djidja, Ouinhi, Za-Kpota, Zangnanado, and Zogbodomey....

Trade unions of Benin

see also Trade unions in Benin

Trade unions in Benin

Trade unions in Benin operate in relative freedom, with approximately 75% of the formal sector being unionized. There are, however, concerns expressed by the International Labour Organization and the International Trade Union Confederation about the discrepancies between the government's Labour...

Geography of Benin

Geography of Benin
Geography of Benin
Benin, a narrow, key-shaped, north-south strip of land in West Africa, lies between the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer. Benin's latitude ranges from 6°30′ N to 12°30′ N and its longitude from 1° E to 3°40′ E. Benin is bounded by Togo to the west, Burkina Faso and Niger to the...
Adjarra
Adjarra
Adjarra is a town and commune in Ouémé Department, Benin.The commune covers an area of 112 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 60,112 people....
Adjohoun
Adjohoun
Adjohoun or Adjohon is a town, arrondissement, and commune in Ouémé Department, Benin. The commune is divided into 8 arrondisements and 57 villages.The commune of Adjohoun is located approximately 32 km from Porto-Novo and 62 km from Cotonou...
Akpro-Missérété
Akpro-Missérété
Akpro-Missérété is a city, arrondissement, and commune in Ouémé Department, Benin. The commune covers an area of 79 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 72,652 people.-References:...
Dahomey Gap
Dahomey Gap
In West Africa, the Dahomey Gap refers to the portion of the Guinean forest-savanna mosaic that extends all the way to the coast in Benin, Togo and Ghana, thus separating the forest zone that covers much of the south of the region into two separate parts...
ISO 3166-2:BJ
ISO 3166-2:BJ
ISO 3166-2:BJ is the entry for Benin in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Benin, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined...

Benin geography stubs

Abomey-Calavi
Abomey-Calavi
Abomey-Calavi is a city, arrondissement, and commune located in the Atlantique Department of Benin. It is a suburb of Cotonou and is located approximately 18 km from the city centre of Cotonou....
Adjarra
Adjarra
Adjarra is a town and commune in Ouémé Department, Benin.The commune covers an area of 112 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 60,112 people....
Adjohoun
Adjohoun
Adjohoun or Adjohon is a town, arrondissement, and commune in Ouémé Department, Benin. The commune is divided into 8 arrondisements and 57 villages.The commune of Adjohoun is located approximately 32 km from Porto-Novo and 62 km from Cotonou...
Akpro-Missérété
Akpro-Missérété
Akpro-Missérété is a city, arrondissement, and commune in Ouémé Department, Benin. The commune covers an area of 79 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 72,652 people.-References:...
Alibori Department
Alibori Department
Alibori is the largest and northernmost départements of Benin, with an area of 25,683 km² and a population of 355,950 . The department is subdivided into 6 communes, each centered at one of the principal towns: Banikoara, Gogounou, Kandi, Karimama, Malanville, and Ségbana. The department borders...
Allada
Allada
Allada is a town, arrondissement, and commune located in the Atlantique Department of Benin.Allada was the capital of the most powerful king in Ajaland before it fell to the armies of Dahomey....
Aplahoué
Aplahoué
Aplahoué is a town and arrondissement located in the Kouffo Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 572 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 116,988 people.-References:...
Atakora Department
Atakora Department
Atakora is the northwestern department of Benin, bordering Togo to the west and Burkina Faso to the north. Also, it borders the departments of Alibori, Borgou, and Donga. It is the most mountainous region of Benin, and the birth place of the president, Mathieu Kérékou...
Athiémé
Athiémé
Athiémè is a town and arrondissement located in the Mono Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 220 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 39,481 people.-References:...
Atlantique Department
Atlantique Department
Atlantique is one of the twelve departments of Benin.Atlantique is divided into the communes of Abomey-Calavi, Allada, Kpomassè, Ouidah, Sô-Ava, Toffo, Tori-Bossito, and Zè.In 1999 the Littoral Department was split off from Atlantique....
Banikoara
Banikoara
Banikoara is a town, arrondissement and commune located in the Alibori Department of Benin. It lies 69 kilometers west of Kandi at the heart of the most productive cotton-growing region in Benin...
Bassila
Bassila
Bassila is a town, arrondissement, and commune located in the Donga Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 120 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 71,511 people....
Bembèrèkè
Bembèrèkè
Bembèrèkè is a town, arrondissement, and commune located in the Borgou Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 3348 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 94,580 people.-References:...
Bight of Benin
Bight of Benin
The Bight of Benin is a bight on the western African coast that extends eastward for about 400 miles from Cape St. Paul to the Nun outlet of the Niger River. To the east it is continued by the Bight of Bonny . The bight is part of the Gulf of Guinea...
Bohicon
Bohicon
Bohicon is a city in Benin, and a conurbation of Abomey lying 9 kilometres east of the city on the railway line from Cotonou to Parakou and on Benin’s main highway RNIE 2 which joins the RNIE 4. The commune covers an area of 139 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 113,091...
Borgou Department
Borgou Department
Borgou is one of the twelve departments of Benin. Borgou borders the country of Nigeria and the departments of Alibori, Atakora, Collines and Donga. The capital of Borgou is Parakou and the total area is 25,310 km.² or 9,772 mi.²....
Borgu
Borgu
Borgu was a 15th-16th century state in West Africa, partitioned between the Great Britain and France by the Anglo-French Convention of 1898. It lies in what is now Nigeria and the Republic of Benin.People of Borgu were known as Bariba and Borgawa....
Bori
Boukoumbé
Boukoumbé
Boukoumbé or Boukombé is a town, arrondissement and commune in north western Benin on the border with Togo. It is known for its market, its whipping ceremony and for its tradition of pipe making...
Bétérou
Bétérou
Bétérou is a town and arrondissement located in the Borgou Department of central Benin. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 15,236....
Collines Department
Collines Department
Collines is one of the twelve departments of Benin. Collines was created in 1999 after the Benin government split up the former six departments of Atakora, Atlantique, Borgou, Mono, Oueme and Zou into twelve. Collinies was split from Zou. Since 2008, the capital is Savalou. The departments that...
Comé
Comé
Comè is a town and arrondissement located in the Mono Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 163 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 58,396 people.-References:...
Cové
Cové
Cové is a city located in the Zou Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 525 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 34,442 people.-Geography:...
Dassa-Zoumé
Dassa-Zoumé
Dassa-Zoumé, often shortened to Dassa, is a city in Benin, on the Cotonou to Parakou railway and the main north-south highway. The commune covers an area of 1711 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 93,967 people....
Djougou
Djougou
Djougou is the largest city in north west Benin. It is an important market town. The commune covers an area of 3,966 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 181,895 people.-General Information:...
Dogbo-Tota
Dogbo-Tota
Dogbo-Tota is a city located in the Kouffo Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 475 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 76,947 people.-References:...
Donga Department
Donga Department
Donga is one of the twelve departments of Benin. Donga was created in 1999 when the government split up the original six departments into twelve. Donga was split from Atakora. The capital of Donga is Djougou. The total area is 10,691 km.² or 4,128mi.²....
Ganvie
Ganvie
Ganvie is a lake village in Benin, lying in Lake Nokoué, near Cotonou. With a population of around 20,000 people, it is probably the largest lake village in Africa and as such is very popular with tourists....
Gogounou
Gogounou
Gogounou is a town, arrondissement and commune in the Alibori Department of Benin, about 35 kilometres south of Kandi. The commune covers an area of 4910 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 80,013 people.-Geography:...
Grand Popo
Kandi
Kandi
Kandi is a town, arrondissement and commune in the Alibori Department of eastern Benin. Originally a market town, Kandi is now primarily a farming centre. It lies on the nation's main north-south highway, 650 km from Cotonou and 325 miles north of Porto-Novo. The town is the capital of...
Karimama
Kouandé
Kouandé
Kouandé is a town, arrondissement and commune, located in the Atakora Department of Benin.The commune covers an area of 4500 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 80,261 people. The main town had an estimated 7,127 people in 2008....
Kouffo Department
Kouffo Department
Kouffo is one of the twelve departments of Benin. The area of Kouffo is 2,404 km.² . Kouffo borders the country of Togo and it also borders the departments of Mono, Zou, and Atlantique. Since 2008, the capital is Aplahoué...
Kérou
Kérou
Kérou is a town, arrondissement and commune located in the Atakora Department of Benin.The commune covers an area of 3745 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 62,632 people....
Kétou
Kétou
Kétou is a Yoruba town, arrondissement, and commune located in the Plateau Department of the Republic of Benin . It is said to have been founded by Ede, son of Sopasan and grandson of Oduduwa , who ruled the Yoruba kingdom of Ile-Ife in present-day Nigeria...
Lake Nokoué
Lake Nokoué
Lake Nokoué is a lake in southern Benin. It is 20 km wide and 11 km long and is located at , north of Cotonou. On the northern edge is the famous water town of Ganvié. Lake Nokoué is an important site for the birds.- External links :*...
List of national parks of Benin
Littoral Department
Littoral Department
Littoral is one of the twelve departments of Benin, and is divided into 13 arrondissements. It contains just one commune/city, Cotonou, the largest in the country and the economic capital. Littoral is the smallest of the twelve departments. The area is . Littoral was split from the Atlantique...
Lokossa
Lokossa
Lokossa is an arrondissement, commune, and the capital city of Mono Department in Benin. The name Lokossa translates into English as "underneath the iroko tree"....
Malanville
Malanville
Malanville is a city, arrondissement and commune in the Alibori Department of northeastern Benin, located across the River Niger from Niger. It is known as a centre of cross-border trade and has a major market. Malanville is also a centre for rice-growing. The commune covers an area of 3016 square...
Mono Department
Mono Department
Mono is one of the twelve departments of Benin. The capital of this department is Lokossa. The department of Kouffo was part of Mono until 1999 when the Benin government split up some of the departments and made new departments. The Gen language is only spoken in this department in Benin...
Natitingou
Natitingou
Natitingou is a city and commune in north western Benin. It is about 50 km from Benin's Pendjari National Park, where tourists can see West African wildlife during the months of December through June...
Ndali (Benin)
Nikki, Benin
Nikki, Benin
Nikki is a city, arrondissement, and commune located in the Borgou Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 3171 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 99,251 people.-References:...
Oti River
Oti River
The Oti River is a river in West Africa that rises in Burkina Faso. It forms part of the international boundaries between Benin and Burkina Faso and between Togo and Ghana. It empties into Lake Volta....
Ouémé Department
Ouémé Department
Ouémé is one of the twelve departments of Benin.In 1999 the northern part of the department was split off to form the new Plateau Department....
Ouémé River
Ouémé River
The Ouémé River is a river in the countries of Benin and Nigeria. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean near the large city of Cotonou, Benin .Also known as the Weme River, this river has its source in the Atakora Mountains of Benin...
Parakou
Parakou
Parakou is the largest city in eastern Benin, with an estimated population of around 188,853 people, and capital of the Borgou Department. The mayor as of 2008 was Samou Seidou Adambi and administratively the commune of Parakou makes up one of Benin's 77 communes.-Economy:Parakou lies on the main...
Plateau Department
Plateau Department
Plateau is one of the twelve departments of Benin.Plateau is divided into the communes of Ifangni, Adja-Ouèrè, Kétou, Pobè and Sakété....
Pobé
Pobé
Pobè is a city and arrondissement located in the Plateau Department of Benin.The commune covers an area of 400 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 82,910 people....
Porga
Porga
Porga is a town located in the Atakora Department of Benin.The Porga Airport serves Porga....
Provinces of Benin
Péhonko
Péhonko
Péhunco or Péhonko is a town, arrondissement and commune located in the Atakora Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 1900 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 55,082 people.-References:...
Sakété
Sakété
Sakété is a city located in the Plateau Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 432 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 70,604 people....
Savalou
Savalou
Savalou is a city located in the Collines Department of Benin. The commune covers an area of 2674 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 104,749 people. -External links:*...
Savé
Savé
Savé is a city in Benin, lying on the Cotonou-Parakou railway and the main north-south road. It is known for its local boulders, popular with climbers.The commune covers an area of 2228 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 67,753 people....
Segboroué
Ségbana
Ségbana
Ségbana is a town, arrondissement and commune located in the Alibori Department of Benin.The commune covers an area of 4471 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 52,639 people.-Geography:...
Tanguietta
Tanguiéta
Tanguiéta
Tanguiéta is a town, arrondissement and commune located in the Atakora Department of Benin.The commune covers an area of 5465 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 54,719 people...
Tchaourou
Tchaourou
Tchaourou is a commune, arrondissement, and city located in the Borgou Department of Benin, a country in Western Africa, formerly known as Dahomey . It is the birthplace of current Beninese president Yayi Boni...
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W National Park
W National Park
The W National Park is a major national park in West Africa around a meander in the River Niger shaped like a "W". The park includes areas of the three countries Niger, Benin and Burkina Faso, and is governed by the three governments...
Zou Department
Zou Department
Zou is one of the twelve departments of Benin.Zou is divided into the communes of Abomey, Agbangnizoun, Bohicon, Cové, Djidja, Ouinhi, Za-Kpota, Zangnanado, and Zogbodomey....

Government of Benin

Foreign relations of Benin
Foreign relations of Benin
After seizing power in 1972 Major Mathieu Kérékou declared Dahomey a Marxist-Leninist state and sought financial support from communist governments in Eastern Europe and Asia. To distance the modern state from its colonial past, the country became the People's Republic of Benin in 1975...
Heads of government of Benin
Heads of government of Benin
-Prime Ministers of Benin :-Affiliations:-Sources:*http://www.rulers.org/rulb1.html#benin*http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Benin.html*http://news.bbc.co.uk/...
List of Presidents of Benin
Military of Benin
Military of Benin
The Benin Armed Forces constitutes the army, navy, air force, and national gendarmerie of Benin. For a number of years, the Belgian Armed Forces have had an active programme of co-operation with Benin, offering training and coaching, donating redundant military equipment and using the county for...
National Assembly of Benin
National Assembly of Benin
The unicameral National Assembly of Benin is the country's legislative body.The current National Assembly has 83 members who are directly elected through a system of party-list proportional representation and serve five-year terms.-See also:...
Rulers of the Bariba state of Nikki
Rulers of the Bariba state of Nikki
-List of Rulers of the Bariba state of Nikki:Territory located in present-day Benin.Sarkin Nikki = Ruler.-See also:*Benin*Bariba*Bariba states**Rulers of the Bariba state of Kandi**Rulers of the Bariba state of Kwande...
Rulers of the Fon state of Alada
Rulers of the Fon state of Alada
-Rulers of the Fon state of Alada:Territory located in present-day Benin.Also known as Ardrah , Ardrah Empire, Adja-Tado. Known to the French as Allada or Ardres....

History of Benin

History of Benin
History of Benin
The Republic of Benin was the seat of Dahomey, one of the great medieval African kingdoms, governed from the capital, Abomey, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.-Colonial Benin :...
Amedzofe (history)
Amedzofe (history)
In Ewe oral history, Amedzofe , literally 'origin/home of humanity', is one of the names for Ketu. Ketu, in present-day Benin, was a central place in the history of the Gbe peoples. The Gbe peoples originally were part of the Yoruba Oyo people of Nigeria, but they were pressed westward by a series...
Behanzin
Behanzin
Béhanzin is considered the eleventh King of Dahomey . Upon taking the throne, he changed his name from Kondo. He succeeded his father, Glele, and ruled from 1889 to 1894. Behanzin was Abomey's last independent ruler established through traditional power structures...
Benin Empire
Benin Empire
The Benin Empire was a pre-colonial African state in what is now modern Nigeria. It is not to be confused with the modern-day country called Benin, formerly called Dahomey.-Origin:...
Borgu
Borgu
Borgu was a 15th-16th century state in West Africa, partitioned between the Great Britain and France by the Anglo-French Convention of 1898. It lies in what is now Nigeria and the Republic of Benin.People of Borgu were known as Bariba and Borgawa....
Colonial heads of São João Baptista de Ajudá
Colonial heads of São João Baptista de Ajudá
-List of Colonial Heads of Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá:Territory located in present-day coastal Benin-Sources:*http://www.vdiest.nl/Africa/benin.htm...
Cotonou Agreement
Cotonou Agreement
The Cotonou Agreement is a treaty between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States . It was signed in June 2000 in Cotonou, the largest city in Benin, by 78 ACP countries and the then fifteen Member States of the European Union...
Ketu (Benin)
Ketu (Benin)
Ketu is a historical location in present day Republic of Benin. It is one of the oldest capitals of the Yoruba speaking people, tracing its establishment to a settlement founded by a daughter of Oduduwa, also known as Odudua, Oòdua and Eleduwa...
List of Presidents of Benin
People's Republic of Benin
People's Republic of Benin
The People's Republic of Benin was a socialist state located in the Gulf of Guinea on the African continent, which would become present-day Benin. The People's Republic was established on November 30, 1975, shortly after the 1972 coup d'état in the Republic of Dahomey...
Punitive Expedition of 1897
Punitive Expedition of 1897
The Benin Expedition of 1897 was a punitive expedition by a United Kingdom force of 1,200 under Admiral Sir Harry Rawson in response to a massacre of a previous British-led invasion force. His troops captured, burned, and looted Benin City, bringing to an end the West African Kingdom of Benin...
Rulers of the Bariba state of Nikki
Rulers of the Bariba state of Nikki
-List of Rulers of the Bariba state of Nikki:Territory located in present-day Benin.Sarkin Nikki = Ruler.-See also:*Benin*Bariba*Bariba states**Rulers of the Bariba state of Kandi**Rulers of the Bariba state of Kwande...
Rulers of the Fon state of Alada
Rulers of the Fon state of Alada
-Rulers of the Fon state of Alada:Territory located in present-day Benin.Also known as Ardrah , Ardrah Empire, Adja-Tado. Known to the French as Allada or Ardres....
Rulers of the Fon state of Savi Hweda
Rulers of the Fon state of Savi Hweda
Territory located in present-day Benin.English: Whydah; -See also:*Benin*Fon states**Rulers of the Fon state of Alada **Rulers of the Fon state of Danhome...

Dahomey

Dahomey
Dahomey
Dahomey was a country in west Africa in what is now the Republic of Benin. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful west African state that was founded in the seventeenth century and survived until 1894. From 1894 until 1960 Dahomey was a part of French West Africa. The independent Republic of Dahomey...
Abomey
Abomey
When UNESCO designated the royal palaces of Abomey as a World Heritage Site in 1985 it statedFrom 1993, 50 of the 56 bas-reliefs that formerly decorated the walls of King Glèlè have been located and replaced on the rebuilt structure...
Adandozan
Adandozan
Adandozan was a King of Dahomey , technically the ninth, though he is not counted as one of the twelve kings. His name has largely been erased from the history of Abomey , and to this day is generally not spoken out loud in the city...
Agadja
Agadja
Dossou Agadja was the fifth King of Dahomey. He succeeded Houessou Akaba, and ruled from 1708 to 1740. Akaba's only son, Agbo Sassa, was only ten years old when Akaba died, so as Akaba's brother, Agadja took the throne to become the fifth king...
Agoli-agbo
Agoli-agbo
Agoli-agbo is considered to have been the twelfth, and last, King of Dahomey. He took the throne after the previous king, Behanzin, went into exile after a failed war with France. He was in power from 1894 to 1900....
Agonglo
Agonglo
Agonglo was the eighth King of Dahomey. He succeeded his father, Kpengla, and ruled from 1789 to 1797.Agonglo made several reforms which pleased his subjects: taxes were lowered, and a greater distribution of gifts was made during the annual customs...
Akaba
Arrada
Arrada
Arrada was an important seaside fort in the former kingdom of Dahomey. Its name is probably a corruption of "Allada". Slaves used to be captured from enemy tribes and passed on to European slavers bound for the Americas, the route which by repute the father of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the famous...
Battle of Abomey
Battle of Abomey
The Battle of Abomey was the climactic struggle in the Dahomey War between France and the Kingdom of Dahomey. French forces, commanded by Alfred-Amédée Dodds, were victorious over the Dahomey army. The triumph was pivotal to linking French possessions in upper Senegal with those in the upper Niger....
Behanzin
Behanzin
Béhanzin is considered the eleventh King of Dahomey . Upon taking the throne, he changed his name from Kondo. He succeeded his father, Glele, and ruled from 1889 to 1894. Behanzin was Abomey's last independent ruler established through traditional power structures...
Colonial heads of Benin (Dahomey)
Colonial heads of Benin (Dahomey)
-List of Colonial Heads of Dahomey and Porto-Novo :For continuation after independence, see: Heads of State of Benin-Sources:* http://www.rulers.org/rulb1.html#benin...
Dahomey Amazons
Dahomey Amazons
The Dahomey Amazons or Mino were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey which lasted until the end of the 19th century...
Dahomey War
- First Franco-Dahomean War
- Second Franco-Dahomean War
  Second Franco-Dahomean War
  The Second Franco-Dahomean War, which raged from 1892 to 1894, was a major conflict between the French Third Republic, led by General Alfred-Amédée Dodds, and the Kingdom of Dahomey under King Béhanzin....
Dakodonou
Dakodonou
Dakodonou was the second King of Dahomey. He ruled from 1620 to 1645. In traditional Abomey stories, Dakodonou overthrew his brother, the previous King Gangnihessou, when the ruler was absent from the capital on a tour of the kingdom. Dakodonou is portrayed as a brutal and violent man...
Gangnihessou
Gangnihessou
Gangnihessou, or Ganye Hessou, is the first of the traditional "twelve kings of Dahomey." Dahomey was an African kingdom situated in what is now Benin.- Descent :...
Ghezo
Ghezo
Ghezo was the ninth King of Dahomey , considered one of the greatest of the twelve historical kings. He ruled from 1818 to 1858. His name before ascending to the throne was Gakpe....
Glele
Glele
Badohou, who took the throne name Glele, is considered to be the tenth King of the Aja kingdom of Dahomey . He succeeded his father, Ghezo, and ruled from 1858 to 1889....
Houegbadja
Houegbadja
Aho Houegbadja was the third King of Dahomey. He succeeded his uncle, Dakodonou, and ruled from 1645 to 1685.Houegbadja was the first of the dynasty to set up the kingdom in Abomey proper: he founded the city by building his palace near the area of Guedevi, a few kilometers to the northwest of...
Kpengla
Kpengla
Kpengla was the seventh King of Dahomey. He succeeded Tegbessou, and ruled from 1774 to 1789.Kpengla's reign increased the size of the kingdom. He killed the chief of the Popo people, Agbamou, thus extending the empire into what is currently Togo...
Rulers of the Fon state of Danhome
Rulers of the Fon state of Danhome
-List of Rulers of the Fon state of Danhome :Danhome known to Europeans as DahomeyAhosu = King-Sources:* http://www.rulers.org/benitrad.html...
Tegbessou
Tegbessou
Tegbessou was the sixth King of Dahomey. He succeeded Agadja, and ruled from 1740 to 1774.Tegbessou's reign was characterized by internal intrigues and a failed foreign policy; he killed many coup-plotters and political enemies, refused to pay tribute to the Yorubas, and lost many battles in the...
The annual customs of Dahomey
The annual customs of Dahomey
Every year in the Kingdom of Dahomey, a huge festival in honor of the ancestors was organized called the annual "customs".In the customs, the king would assemble the entire court, foreign dignitaries, and the populace...
West African Vodun

Elections in Benin

Elections in Benin
Elections in Benin
Benin elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The National Assembly has 83 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation.Benin has a multi-party system, which means that there...
Benin presidential election, 2001
Benin presidential election, 2001
The presidential election held in Benin in March 2001 controversially resulted in the re-election of Mathieu Kérékou to a second term. Kérékou's rival Nicéphore Soglo, who had been president from 1991 to 1996, failed in his bid to reclaim the presidency; although he qualified to participate in the...
Beninese presidential election, 2006
Beninese presidential election, 2006
A presidential election was held in the West African state of Benin on March 5, 2006. Long-time president Mathieu Kérékou was barred from running again by a two term limit and an age limit of 70 years for candidates; in July 2005 he signalled that he would not seek to change the constitution, as...
Dahomey legislative election, 1959
Dahomey legislative election, 1959
Legislative elections were held in the French colony Dahomey on 2 May 1959. Although the Dahomeyan Democratic Union won the most votes, they won the fewest seats. The Republican Party of Dahomey, which came second in terms of votes, won 37 of the 70 seats in the Legislative Assembly.-Results:...

Beninese people

Sylvester "Sly" Detchou
Bernardin Gantin
Djimon Hounsou
Djimon Hounsou
Djimon Diaw Hounsou is a Beninese actor and model. As an actor, Hounsou has been nominated for two Academy Awards.-Early life:Djimon Hounsou was born in Cotonou, Benin, in 1964, to lbertine and Pierre Hounsou, a cook. He emigrated to Lyon in France at the age of thirteen with his brother, Edmond....
Jacob U. Egharevba
Jacob U. Egharevba
Jacob U. Egharevba was a Bini historian and traditional chief. After witnessing the 1914 crowning of Prince Aiguobasinmwin as the Oba of Benin, Egharevba realized how many of his people's traditions would be lost without a written record to complement the oral tradition, and determined to document...
Théophile Nata
Théophile Nata
Théophile Nata is a Beninese politician and a former member of the Pan-African Parliament.-Education:Nata attended Natitingou Catholic Primary School for four years starting in 1954 and ended in 1960...
Pierre Osho
Pierre Osho
Pierre Osho is a Beninese political figure. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 1996 to May 1998, then Minister of Defense from May 1998 to January 2006, when he resigned....
Zomahoun Idossou Rufin
Zomahoun Idossou Rufin
Zomahoun Idossou Rufin , popularly known as Zomahon , is a Beninese foreign personality in Japan....
Ismaël Tidjani Serpos
Ismaël Tidjani Serpos
-References:...
Rosine Vieyra Soglo
Rosine Vieyra Soglo
-References:...

Beninese politicians

List of Presidents of Benin
Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin
Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin
Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin was a Beninese politician most active when his country was known as Dahomey. He arose on a political scene where one's power was dictated by what region in Dahomey they lived...
Alphonse Amadou Alley
Alphonse Amadou Alley
Alphonse Amadou Alley was a Beninese army officer and political figure. He was most active when his country was known as Dahomey. He was born in Bassila, central Dahomey, and enrolled in schools in Togo, Cote d'Ivoire, and Senegal before enlisting in the French army in 1950...
Bruno Amoussou
Bruno Amoussou
Bruno Ange-Marie Amoussou is a Beninese politician and President of the Social Democratic Party . He was the President of the National Assembly from April 1995 to April 1999 and Minister of State in charge of Planning and Prospective Development under President Mathieu Kérékou from 1999 to 2005;...
Sourou-Migan Apithy
Sourou-Migan Apithy
Sourou-Migan Marcellin Joseph Apithy was a Beninese political figure most active when his country was known as Dahomey. He arose on a political scene where one's power was dictated by what region in Dahomey they lived....
Martin Azonhiho
Martin Azonhiho
Col. Martin Dohou Azonhiho is a Beninese politician, native of Abomey. He was a confrontational, much-feared, and ultra-radical minister of information and ideologue in the leftist government of Mathieu Kérékou from 1974 to 1982. He is said to have played a part in the 1975 assassination of his...
Rogatien Biaou
Rogatien Biaou
Rogatien Biaou is a Beninese politician and diplomat. Biaou was the Foreign Minister of Benin from June 12, 2003 to February 16, 2006. He was fired after President Mathieu Kérékou discovered Biaou's sale of land surrounding the Embassy of Benin in Washington to a U.S. company in 2002 was...
Yayi Boni
Yayi Boni
Dr. Thomas Yayi Boni , a Beninese banker and politician, is the current President of Benin. He took office on 6 April 2006 after winning elections held in the previous month.-Biography:...
Tahirou Congacou
Tahirou Congacou
Tahirou Congacou was a Beninese politician, most active during the 1960s, when his country was known as Dahomey. He served as speaker of the National Assembly from 1964 to 1965, and in that capacity served as acting President of Benin from 29 November 1965 to 22 December 1965...
Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo
Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo
Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo is a Beninese politician. She was Benin's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 April 2006 to 17 June 2007....
Frédéric Dohou
Frédéric Dohou
Frédéric Dohou is a political figure from Benin.He holds a PhD in Development Economics and he held several ministerial posts under the chairmanship of Mathieu Kérékou....
Pascal Fantodji
Pascal Fantodji
Pascal Fantodji is a Beninese professor and long-time first secretary of the Communist Party of Benin . In the Benin presidential election of 1996, Fantodji received 1.08 percent of the vote . -References:...
Jerome Sacca Kina Guezere
Jerome Sacca Kina Guezere
Jerome Sacca Kina Guezere was a Beninese politician. He was the Fourth Vice-President of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament....
Adrien Houngbédji
Adrien Houngbédji
Adrien Houngbédji is a Beninese politician and the leader of the Democratic Renewal Party , one of Benin's main political parties. He was President of the National Assembly of Benin from 1991 to 1995, Prime Minister of Benin from 1996 to 1998, and President of the National Assembly for a second...
Simon Idohou
Simon Idohou
Dr. Simon Bodéhoussè Idohou was the Permanent Representative for Benin to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006....
Mathieu Kérékou
Mathieu Kérékou
Mathieu Kérékou, was President of Benin from 1972 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2006. After seizing power in a military coup, he ruled the country for 17 years, for most of that time under an officially Marxist-Leninist ideology, before he was stripped of his powers by the National Conference of...
Maurice Kouandété
Maurice Kouandété
Iropa Maurice Kouandété was a military officer and politician in Benin . He was born to Somba parents in the Gaba District of Dahomey. Kouandété enrolled in the army in his late teens. Over the years, he became popular among junior soldiers in the north and gained the contempt of those in the south...
Hubert Maga
Hubert Maga
Coutoucou Hubert Maga was a politician from Dahomey .Dahomey was renamed Benin in 1975. See . He arose on a political scene where one's power was dictated by what region in Dahomey they lived...
Théophile Nata
Théophile Nata
Théophile Nata is a Beninese politician and a former member of the Pan-African Parliament.-Education:Nata attended Natitingou Catholic Primary School for four years starting in 1954 and ended in 1960...
Pierre Osho
Pierre Osho
Pierre Osho is a Beninese political figure. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 1996 to May 1998, then Minister of Defense from May 1998 to January 2006, when he resigned....
Orou Gabé Orou Sego
Orou Gabé Orou Sego
Orou Gabé Orou Sego is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Benin, beginning in 2004.-References:...
Ismaël Tidjani Serpos
Ismaël Tidjani Serpos
-References:...
Seïdou Mama Sika
Seïdou Mama Sika
Seïdou Mama Sika was the Minister of the Interior of Benin from February 9, 2005 until April 2006. He attended the Lycée Technique in Coulibaly. He became an air brigade general in 1999.-References:...
Christophe Soglo
Christophe Soglo
Christophe Soglo was a Beninese military officer and political leader and one of the most important figures in Benin's period of political instability and frequent, though usually bloodless, coups during the 1960s.-Biography:...
Nicéphore Soglo
Nicéphore Soglo
Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo is a Beninois politician who was Prime Minister of Benin from 1990 to 1991 and President from 1991 to 1996. He has been the Mayor of Cotonou since 2003.-Biography:Soglo was born in Togo...
Rosine Vieyra Soglo
Rosine Vieyra Soglo
-References:...
Émile Zinsou

Beninese footballers

Anicet Adjamonsi
Anicet Adjamonsi
Anicet Kayodé Adjamonsi is a Beninese football player who is currently playing for Mogas 90 FC.-International career:...
Moustapha Agnidé
Moustapha Agnidé
Idrissou Moustapha Agnidé is a Beninese football player who plays for Stade Quimpérois.Agnidé previously played several seasons for AS Vitré in the Championnat de France amateur....
Maxime Agueh
Maxime Agueh
Maxime Agueh is a French-Beninese football player who, is playing for FC Gueugnon.- Career :Agueh began his career with Lille and signed on July 1, 1998 for Luton Town F.C.. He played one year with Luton Town F.C. and signed than in July 1999 to Jupiler League club FC Denderleeuw EH...
Jocelyn Ahouéya
Jocelyn Ahouéya
Jocelyn Ahouéya is a Beninese footballer. He currently plays for AS Beauvais Oise.-Career:Ahouéya began his career on youthside for Mogas 90 FC and signed in summer 2004 for FC Sion.-International career:...
Rodrigue Akpakoun
Rodrigue Akpakoun
Rodrigue Akpakoun is a former Beninese football player.-Career:He played several seasons in the lower tiers of French football, including spells at Stade Reims and La Roche VF.-International career:...
Romuald Boco
Romuald Boco
Romuald Boco is a Benin international footballer who plays for Shanghai East Asia as a midfielder or as a defender.-Accrington Stanley :...
Rachad Chitou
Rachad Chitou
Rachad Chitou is a Beninese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Wikki Tourists.-International career:He was part of the Beninese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to qualify for the next round.-External links:*...
Damien Chrysostome
Damien Chrysostome
Damien Koffi Anderson Chrysostome is a Beninese international football-Career:In Italy Chrysostome was a member of the A.S. Cittadella Serie C1 squad for the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons and part of the 2004–05 season. The rest of 2004–05 was spent with A.S. Biellese 1902 in Serie C2...
Adigo Dinalo
Adigo Dinalo
Dinalo Christiano Adigo is a former Beninese football player who works now as Head Coach by FC Schönberg 95.-Career:Adigo played for Kickers Offenbach, including a DFB Pokal first round match against Hertha Berlin in 1994....
Laurent D'Jaffo
Laurent D'Jaffo
Laurent Mayaba D'Jaffo is a retired Beninese football player.D'Jaffo was born in France but moved to Africa at the two years old...
Alain Gaspoz
Alain Gaspoz
Alain Gaspoz is a Beninese football player who, is playing for FC Bagnes.-International:He was part of the Beninese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.-External links:* *...
Réda Johnson
Réda Johnson
Réda Johnson is a footballer who plays for Football League One club Sheffield Wednesday as a defender, having previously played for Gueugnon, Amiens and Plymouth Argyle...
Moussoro Kabirou
Moussoro Kabirou
Kabirou Moussoro Moubang is a former Cameroon-born, Beninese football player.-Career:Kabirou played several seasons for Pau FC in the French Championnat National.a jouer en 2008/09 au fco st jean de la ruelle...
Moussa Latoundji
Moussa Latoundji
Moussa Latoundji is a Beninese footballer.-Career:Latoundji played in more than 100 league matches for FC Energie Cottbus.-International career:...
Mouritala Ogunbiyi
Mouritala Ogunbiyi
Mouritala Ogunbiyi is a Nigeria-born, Beninese football midfielder. He currently plays in France for Nîmes Olympique....
Jonas Okétola
Jonas Okétola
Jonas Okétola is a Nigeria-Beninese former footballer. He last played for Thanda Royal Zulu.-Career:The South Africa Soccer Association assessed a two-year ban on Okétola in January 2009, as a result of a doping violation...
Sylvain Remy
Sylvain Remy
Sylvain Remy is a former Beninese football player, who last played for Clermont.-International career:He was part of the Beninese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the...
Stéphane Sessegnon
Stéphane Sessegnon
Stéphane Sessègnon is Beninese football player of Ivorian heritage who currently plays for English club Sunderland in the Premier League. He is a Benin international having starred for the nation at both the 2008 and 2010 editions of the Africa Cup of Nations...
Félicien Singbo
Félicien Singbo
Félicien Houenou Singbo is a Beninese football player who plays for Benin national football team. In 2003, he received a French passport.- Career :...
Samuel Emmanuel Suka
Samuel Emmanuel Suka
Samuel Emmanuel Suka is a retired Beninese football player who last plays for Liberty Professionals.-International career:...
Omar Tchomogo
Omar Tchomogo
Oumar Tchomogo is a former Beninese football player.-International career:He was part of the Beninese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. He lated played for Vitoria...
Seydath Tchomogo
Tony Toklomety
Tony Toklomety
Tony Toklomety is a Beninese football player who plays for Enyimba International F.C..-Career:Toklomety previously played for Maccabi Netanya F.C., Postel Sport FC and MŠK Žilina....
Oladipupo Wassiou
Oladipupo Wassiou
Wassiou Okalawom Oladipupo is a Beninese footballer who currently plays for Soleil FC.-Clubs:* 2002-2003 JS Pobé * 2003-2005 Olympic Zaouia * 2005-2008 JS Kabylie * 2009–present Soleil FC-International career:...

Politics of Benin

Politics of Benin
Politics of Benin
Politics of Benin takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Benin is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the...
Foreign relations of Benin
Foreign relations of Benin
After seizing power in 1972 Major Mathieu Kérékou declared Dahomey a Marxist-Leninist state and sought financial support from communist governments in Eastern Europe and Asia. To distance the modern state from its colonial past, the country became the People's Republic of Benin in 1975...

Political parties in Benin

List of political parties in Benin
Action Front for Renewal and Development
Action Front for Renewal and Development
The Action Front for Renewal and Development is an political party in Benin.FARD-Alafia was founded in 1994 and supported the candidacy of Mathieu Kérékou in the 1996 presidential election. Kérékou stood as party's candidate in the presidential election of March 4 and 18 March 2001, winning 45.4%...
African Movement for Development and Progress
African Movement for Development and Progress
The African Movement for Development and Progress is a political party in Benin. In the last legislative elections, held on 30 March 2003, the party was part of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of President Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential election, and won 9...
Alliance for Social Democracy
Alliance for Social Democracy
Alliance for Social Democracy is a political party in Benin led by Robert Dossou. The ASD was legally recognized on 12 October 1990....
Alliance of Progress Forces (Benin)
Alliance of Progress Forces (Benin)
The Alliance of Progress Forces is a political party in Benin.In the parliamentary election held on 30 March 2003, the party was part of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou , and won one out of 83 seats. In the parliamentary election held on 31 March 2007, the...
Benin Rebirth Party
Benin Rebirth Party
The Benin Rebirth Party is an oppositional, more or less liberal party in Benin. The party is led by Nicéphore Soglo, who was President of Benin from 1991 to 1996....
Builders and Managers of Freedom and Democracy
Builders and Managers of Freedom and Democracy
The Builders and Managers of Freedom and Democracy is an oppositional political party in Benin, part of the Star Alliance.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the Star Alliance won 3 out of 83 seats....
Communist Party of Benin
Communist Party of Benin
The Communist Party of Benin is a political party in Benin. PCB was founded in 1977 by the Union of Communists of Dahomey. The party was initially called Communist Party of Dahomey . The first secretary of the party is Pascal Fantodji...
Congress of People for Progress
Congress of People for Progress
The Congress of People for Progress is a political party in Benin.At the last legislative elections in Benin, on March 30, 2003, the party was a member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections...
Democratic Renewal Party (Benin)
Democratic Renewal Party (Benin)
The Democratic Renewal Party is a political party of Benin led by Adrien Houngbédji. Houngbédji lived in exile for several years, but returned to Benin to take part in the National Conference of 1990. He built up his party largely around other exiled Beninese...
Hope Force
Hope Force
The Hope Force is a political party of Benin led by Antoine Dayori.In the presidential election held on 5 March 2006, the party won 1.25 % of the votes for its candidate, Antoine Dayori. In the parliamentary election held on 31 March 2007, the party won two out of 83 seats....
Impulse to Progress and Democracy
Impulse to Progress and Democracy
The Impulse to Progress and Democracy is a political party in Benin.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the party was member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections, and won 2 out of 83 seats....
Key Force
Key Force
The Key Force is a political party in Benin.In the 30 March 2003 parliamentary election, the party was a member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections. The Key Force won 5 out of 83 seats. In the 31 March 2007...
Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-Vivoten
Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-Vivoten
The Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-Vivotene is a political party of Benin led by Sévérin Adjovi....
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Benin
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Benin
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Benin is a communist political party in Benin led by Magloire Yansunnu. PCMLB was founded in Cotonou 1999...
Movement for Citizens' Commitment and Awakening
Movement for Citizens' Commitment and Awakening
Movement for Citizens' Commitment and Awakening is a political party in Benin led by Séverin Adjovi.In the 1999 parliamentary elections MERCI elected two MPs, Amadou Assouma and Sacca Moussèdikou Fikara....
Movement for Development and Solidarity
Movement for Development and Solidarity
The Movement for Development and Solidarity is a political party in Benin.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the party was member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections, and won 1 out of 83 seats...
Movement for Development by Culture
Movement for Development by Culture
The Movement for Development by Culture is a political party in Benin.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the party was member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections,...
Movement for the People's Alternative
Movement for the People's Alternative
The Movement for the People's Alternative is a political party of Benin led by Lazare Sèhouéto.The party won at the presidential election of 5 March 2006 2 % of the votes for its candidate Lazare Sèhouéto....
National Party "Together"
National Rally for Democracy (Benin)
National Rally for Democracy (Benin)
National Rally for Democracy is a political party in Benin. RND was legally recognized on October 5, 1990.In 1997 Abimbola Adébayo Anani became the party president....
New Alliance
Party of Construction and Labour
Party of Construction and Labour
Party of Construction and Labour is a political party in Benin. Its youth wing is known as Forum International de la Jeunesse....
People's Republican Union
People's Republican Union
People's Republican Union is a political party in Benin led by Bamênou Michel Toko. URP was legally recognized on October 10, 1990....
Rally for Democracy and Progress (Benin)
Rally for Democracy and Progress (Benin)
The Rally for Democracy and Progress is a political party in Benin.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the party was member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections, and won 1 out of 83 seats....
Salute Party
Salute Party
The Salute Party is a political party in Benin.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the party was member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections...
Social Democratic Party (Benin)
Social Democratic Party (Benin)
The Social Democratic Party is a political party in Benin.The PSD was founded in 1990. Running together with the National Union for Solidarity and Progress in the February 1991 parliamentary election, the PSD won 9.8% of the vote and eight out of 64 seats in the National Assembly.The PSD's first...
Star Alliance (Benin)
Star Alliance (Benin)
The Star Alliance is an oppositional political party in Benin, formed by the Builders and Managers of Freedom and Democracy, The Greens and the Union for Democracy and National Solidarity....
The Greens (Benin)
The Greens (Benin)
The Greens is an oppositional political party in Benin, part of the Star Alliance.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the Star Alliance won 3 out of 83 seats.-See also:*Conservation movement*Environmental movement*Green party...
Union for Democracy and National Solidarity
Union for Democracy and National Solidarity
The Union for Democracy and National Solidarity is an oppositional political party in Benin, part of the Star Alliance.In the parliamentary election held on 30 March 2003, the Star Alliance won 3 out of 83 seats. The party's president, Sacca Lafia, was its candidate in the March 2001 presidential...
Union for Future Benin
Union for Future Benin
The Union for Future Benin is an electoral alliance in Benin.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the party was member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections, and won 31 out of 83 seats...
Union for Homeland and Labour
Union for Homeland and Labour
Union for Homeland and Labour is a left-wing political party in Benin. Its President is Col. Martin Dohou Azonhiho, who was a leading ideologist of Mathieu Kérékou's socialist government in the 1980s...
Union for the Nation
Union for the Nation
Union for the Nation is a political party in Benin. The general secretary of the party is Alexandre Hountondji....
Union of Communists of Dahomey
Union of Communists of Dahomey
Union of Communists of Dahomey was a communist political organization in Benin. UCD was founded in 1976. In 1977 UCD gave birth to Communist Party of Dahomey....

Religion in Benin

Celestial Church of Christ
Celestial Church of Christ
The Celestial Church of Christ is an African Initiated Church founded by the Rev. Samuel Biléhou Joseph Oschoffa on 29 September 1947 in Porto-Novo, Benin...
Bernardin Gantin
Islam in Benin
Roman Catholicism in Benin
Roman Catholicism in Benin
The Catholic Church in Benin is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.There are an estimated 1.5 million baptised Roman Catholics in the Republic of Benin, or about 23% of the population, in ten dioceses and archdioceses...

Beninese society

Demographics of Benin
Demographics of Benin
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Benin, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....
Guides du Bénin
Guides du Bénin
The Guides du Bénin is the national Guiding organization of Benin. Guiding in Benin started in 1954, the association was founded in 1960 and became a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1963. The girls-only association has 1,533 members...
Public holidays in Benin
Public holidays in Benin
-Movable holidays:The following holidays are public holidays but the date on which each occurs varies, according to its corresponding calendar, and thus has no set date. In order in which they occur:...
Scoutisme Béninois
Scoutisme Béninois
Scoutisme Béninois is the national Scouting organization of Benin Scouting in Benin started around 1930 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1964 under the previous name Dahomey...

Ethnic groups in Benin

Aja people
Aja people
The Aja are a group of people native to south-western Benin and south-eastern Togo.According to tradition, the Aja migrated to southern Benin in the 12th or 13th centuries from Tado on the Mono River and in the early 17th century, three brothers, Kokpon, Do-Aklin, and Te-Agdanlin, fought for the...
Ewe people
Ewe people
The Ewe are a people located in the southeast corner of Ghana, east of the Volta River, in an area now described as the Volta Region, in southern Togo and western Benin...
Fon people
Fon people
The Fon people, or Fon nu, are a major West African ethnic and linguistic group in the country of Benin, and southwest Nigeria, made up of more than 3,500,000 people. The Fon language is the main language spoken in Southern Benin, and is a member of the Gbe language group...
Gurma
Gurma
Gourma redirects here. For the Burkina Faso province, see Gourma Province.Gurma is an ethnic group living mainly in Burkina Faso, around Fada N'Gourma, and also in northern areas of Togo and Benin, as well as southwestern Niger...
Mahi people
Mahi people
The Mahi are a people of Benin. They live north of Abomey, from the Togo border on the west to the Zou River on the east, and south to Cové between the Zou and Ouemé rivers, north of the Dassa hills....
Rulers of the Gurma Mossi state of Nungu
Rulers of the Gurma Mossi state of Nungu
List of Rulers of the Nungu Kingdom sometimes referred to as the Gurma Kingdom or Empire. The state was created by the Gurmanche people who are closely related to the Mossi peopleThis territory located in present-day Burkina Faso.Nunbado = Ruler...
Yoruba language
Yoruba language
Yorùbá is a Niger–Congo language spoken in West Africa by approximately 20 million speakers. The native tongue of the Yoruba people, it is spoken, among other languages, in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo and in communities in other parts of Africa, Europe and the Americas...
Yoruba people
Yoruba people
The Yoruba people are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. The majority of the Yoruba speak the Yoruba language...
Yoruba twins

Football in Benin

Benin national football team
Benin national football team
The Benin national football team, nicknamed Les Écureuils , is the national football team of Benin and is controlled by the Fédération Béninoise de Football. They were known as the Dahomey national football team until 1975, when Dahomey became Benin. They have never made the World Cup but have...
Fédération Béninoise de Football
Fédération Béninoise de Football
The Fédération Béninoise de Football is the governing body of football in Benin. It was founded in 1962, affiliated to FIFA the same year and to CAF in 1969...

Benin at the Olympics

Benin at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Benin at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Benin competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after missing the 1976 Summer Olympics...
Benin at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Benin at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Benin competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.-Boxing:Men's Bantamweight *Firmin Abissi*# First Round — Bye*# Second Round — Lost to Barbar Ali Khan , 0-5-References:*...
Benin at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Benin at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Benin competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.-References:*...
Benin at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Benin at the 1992 Summer Olympics
-Athletics:Men's 100m metres*Pascal Dangbo* Heat — 11.03 -References:*...
Benin at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Benin at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Benin competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-Men:Track and road events-Women:Track and road events-References:*...
Benin at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Benin at the 2000 Summer Olympics
-Athletics:Men's 200m* Pascal Dangbo*# Round 1 — 21.54 Women's 100m* Laure Kuetey*# Round 1 — 12.40 -References:*...
Benin at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Benin at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Benin competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-Athletics:Men's 100 metres* Souhalia Alamou — Round 1: 10.48 sWomen's 200 metres* Fabienne Feraez — Round 1: 23.12 s , Round 2: 23.24 s-Swimming:...

Airlines of Benin

Aero Benin
Aero Benin
Aero Benin is an airline based in Benin....
Afric'Air Charter
Afric'Air Charter
-Code data:*IATA Code: 7A*ICAO Code: AFF *Callsign: BENIN CHARTERS -External links:*Airline recorded as defunct in:...
Afrique Airlines
Afrique Airlines
Afrique Airlines was an airline based in Cotonou, Benin. It was established in 2002 and operated scheduled passenger service between Benin and Paris in France out of Cadjehoun Airport until the end of 2003. In 2006, the company was officially dissolved....
Benin Airlines SA
Benin Golf Air
Benin Golf Air
Benin Golf Air is an airline based in Cotonou, Benin. It was established and started operations in 2002 and operates regional flights in West Africa. Its main base is Cadjehoun Airport...
Trans Air Benin
Trans Air Benin
Trans Air Benin is a scheduled passenger airline based in Cotonou in Benin. It was established in 2000 and started operations in November 2000. It operates regional services in West Africa with aircraft leased from other operators as required.-International:...
West African Airlines
West African Airlines
West African Airlines is a scheduled passenger and cargo airline based in Cotonou, Benin. It operates regional flights, with an extension to Europe, using wet-leased aircraft...
Zircon Airways Benin
Zircon Airways Benin
Zircon Airways Benin was an airline based in Benin. It was founded in 2001 and ceased operations again in 2002.-Code data:*IATA Code: Z4*ICAO Code: BZW *Callsign: ZIRCON -External links:...

Benin stubs

Template:Benin-politician-stub
Action Front for Renewal and Development
Action Front for Renewal and Development
The Action Front for Renewal and Development is an political party in Benin.FARD-Alafia was founded in 1994 and supported the candidacy of Mathieu Kérékou in the 1996 presidential election. Kérékou stood as party's candidate in the presidential election of March 4 and 18 March 2001, winning 45.4%...
Adigo Dinalo
Adigo Dinalo
Dinalo Christiano Adigo is a former Beninese football player who works now as Head Coach by FC Schönberg 95.-Career:Adigo played for Kickers Offenbach, including a DFB Pokal first round match against Hertha Berlin in 1994....
Aero Benin
Aero Benin
Aero Benin is an airline based in Benin....
Afric'Air Charter
Afric'Air Charter
-Code data:*IATA Code: 7A*ICAO Code: AFF *Callsign: BENIN CHARTERS -External links:*Airline recorded as defunct in:...
African Movement for Development and Progress
African Movement for Development and Progress
The African Movement for Development and Progress is a political party in Benin. In the last legislative elections, held on 30 March 2003, the party was part of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of President Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential election, and won 9...
Alain Gaspoz
Alain Gaspoz
Alain Gaspoz is a Beninese football player who, is playing for FC Bagnes.-International:He was part of the Beninese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.-External links:* *...
Alliance for Social Democracy
Alliance for Social Democracy
Alliance for Social Democracy is a political party in Benin led by Robert Dossou. The ASD was legally recognized on 12 October 1990....
Alliance of Progress Forces (Benin)
Alliance of Progress Forces (Benin)
The Alliance of Progress Forces is a political party in Benin.In the parliamentary election held on 30 March 2003, the party was part of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou , and won one out of 83 seats. In the parliamentary election held on 31 March 2007, the...
Alphonse Amadou Alley
Alphonse Amadou Alley
Alphonse Amadou Alley was a Beninese army officer and political figure. He was most active when his country was known as Dahomey. He was born in Bassila, central Dahomey, and enrolled in schools in Togo, Cote d'Ivoire, and Senegal before enlisting in the French army in 1950...
Anicet Adjamonsi
Anicet Adjamonsi
Anicet Kayodé Adjamonsi is a Beninese football player who is currently playing for Mogas 90 FC.-International career:...
Antoine Idji Kolawolé
Antoine Idji Kolawolé
Antoine Idji Kolawolé is a Beninese politician. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin from 1998 to 2003 and the President of the National Assembly from 2003 to 2007....
Autonomous Trade Unions Centre
Benin Airlines SA
Benin Rebirth Party
Benin Rebirth Party
The Benin Rebirth Party is an oppositional, more or less liberal party in Benin. The party is led by Nicéphore Soglo, who was President of Benin from 1991 to 1996....
Benin at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Benin at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Benin competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after missing the 1976 Summer Olympics...
Benin at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Benin at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Benin competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.-Boxing:Men's Bantamweight *Firmin Abissi*# First Round — Bye*# Second Round — Lost to Barbar Ali Khan , 0-5-References:*...
Benin at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Benin at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Benin competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.-References:*...
Benin at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Benin at the 1992 Summer Olympics
-Athletics:Men's 100m metres*Pascal Dangbo* Heat — 11.03 -References:*...
Bruno Amoussou
Bruno Amoussou
Bruno Ange-Marie Amoussou is a Beninese politician and President of the Social Democratic Party . He was the President of the National Assembly from April 1995 to April 1999 and Minister of State in charge of Planning and Prospective Development under President Mathieu Kérékou from 1999 to 2005;...
Builders and Managers of Freedom and Democracy
Builders and Managers of Freedom and Democracy
The Builders and Managers of Freedom and Democracy is an oppositional political party in Benin, part of the Star Alliance.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the Star Alliance won 3 out of 83 seats....
Christophe Soglo
Christophe Soglo
Christophe Soglo was a Beninese military officer and political leader and one of the most important figures in Benin's period of political instability and frequent, though usually bloodless, coups during the 1960s.-Biography:...
Coffi Codjia
Coffi Codjia
Coffi Codjia is a Beninese football referee.An international referee since 1994, Codjia was a referee at the FIFA World Cup in 2002 and 2006, the FIFA Confederations Cup in 1999 and 2003 and the African Cup of Nations in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, in which he was the referee for the final, and...
Communist Party of Benin
Communist Party of Benin
The Communist Party of Benin is a political party in Benin. PCB was founded in 1977 by the Union of Communists of Dahomey. The party was initially called Communist Party of Dahomey . The first secretary of the party is Pascal Fantodji...
Congress of People for Progress
Congress of People for Progress
The Congress of People for Progress is a political party in Benin.At the last legislative elections in Benin, on March 30, 2003, the party was a member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections...
Damien Chrysostome
Damien Chrysostome
Damien Koffi Anderson Chrysostome is a Beninese international football-Career:In Italy Chrysostome was a member of the A.S. Cittadella Serie C1 squad for the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons and part of the 2004–05 season. The rest of 2004–05 was spent with A.S. Biellese 1902 in Serie C2...
Emile Derlin Zinsou
Emile Derlin Zinsou
Emile Derlin Zinsou is a Beninese political figure who was the President of Dahomey from 17 July 1968 until 10 December 1969, supported by the military regime that took power in 1967. Zinsou also served in the French senate from 1955 to 1958. He was previously Minister of Foreign Affairs from...
Frédéric Dohou
Frédéric Dohou
Frédéric Dohou is a political figure from Benin.He holds a PhD in Development Economics and he held several ministerial posts under the chairmanship of Mathieu Kérékou....
Fédération Béninoise de Football
Fédération Béninoise de Football
The Fédération Béninoise de Football is the governing body of football in Benin. It was founded in 1962, affiliated to FIFA the same year and to CAF in 1969...
Félicien Singbo
Félicien Singbo
Félicien Houenou Singbo is a Beninese football player who plays for Benin national football team. In 2003, he received a French passport.- Career :...
Gangbe brass band
Gangbe brass band
The Gangbé Brass Band is a 10-member Beninese musical ensemble founded in 1994. The word "gangbe" means "sound of metal" in the Fon language. They blend West African juju and traditional Vodou music with Western jazz and big-band sounds...
Hope Force
Hope Force
The Hope Force is a political party of Benin led by Antoine Dayori.In the presidential election held on 5 March 2006, the party won 1.25 % of the votes for its candidate, Antoine Dayori. In the parliamentary election held on 31 March 2007, the party won two out of 83 seats....
Houegbadja
Houegbadja
Aho Houegbadja was the third King of Dahomey. He succeeded his uncle, Dakodonou, and ruled from 1645 to 1685.Houegbadja was the first of the dynasty to set up the kingdom in Abomey proper: he founded the city by building his palace near the area of Guedevi, a few kilometers to the northwest of...
Hubert Maga
Hubert Maga
Coutoucou Hubert Maga was a politician from Dahomey .Dahomey was renamed Benin in 1975. See . He arose on a political scene where one's power was dictated by what region in Dahomey they lived...
Impulse to Progress and Democracy
Impulse to Progress and Democracy
The Impulse to Progress and Democracy is a political party in Benin.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the party was member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections, and won 2 out of 83 seats....
Islam in Benin
Ismaël Tidjani Serpos
Ismaël Tidjani Serpos
-References:...
Jacob U. Egharevba
Jacob U. Egharevba
Jacob U. Egharevba was a Bini historian and traditional chief. After witnessing the 1914 crowning of Prince Aiguobasinmwin as the Oba of Benin, Egharevba realized how many of his people's traditions would be lost without a written record to complement the oral tradition, and determined to document...
Jerome Sacca Kina Guezere
Jerome Sacca Kina Guezere
Jerome Sacca Kina Guezere was a Beninese politician. He was the Fourth Vice-President of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament....
Jocelyn Ahouéya
Jocelyn Ahouéya
Jocelyn Ahouéya is a Beninese footballer. He currently plays for AS Beauvais Oise.-Career:Ahouéya began his career on youthside for Mogas 90 FC and signed in summer 2004 for FC Sion.-International career:...
Jonas Okétola
Jonas Okétola
Jonas Okétola is a Nigeria-Beninese former footballer. He last played for Thanda Royal Zulu.-Career:The South Africa Soccer Association assessed a two-year ban on Okétola in January 2009, as a result of a doping violation...
Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin
Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin
Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin was a Beninese politician most active when his country was known as Dahomey. He arose on a political scene where one's power was dictated by what region in Dahomey they lived...
Key Force
Key Force
The Key Force is a political party in Benin.In the 30 March 2003 parliamentary election, the party was a member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections. The Key Force won 5 out of 83 seats. In the 31 March 2007...
Laurent D'Jaffo
Laurent D'Jaffo
Laurent Mayaba D'Jaffo is a retired Beninese football player.D'Jaffo was born in France but moved to Africa at the two years old...
Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-Vivoten
Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-Vivoten
The Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-Vivotene is a political party of Benin led by Sévérin Adjovi....
Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo
Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo
Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo is a Beninese politician. She was Benin's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 April 2006 to 17 June 2007....
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Benin
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Benin
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Benin is a communist political party in Benin led by Magloire Yansunnu. PCMLB was founded in Cotonou 1999...
Maurice Kouandété
Maurice Kouandété
Iropa Maurice Kouandété was a military officer and politician in Benin . He was born to Somba parents in the Gaba District of Dahomey. Kouandété enrolled in the army in his late teens. Over the years, he became popular among junior soldiers in the north and gained the contempt of those in the south...
Maxime Agueh
Maxime Agueh
Maxime Agueh is a French-Beninese football player who, is playing for FC Gueugnon.- Career :Agueh began his career with Lille and signed on July 1, 1998 for Luton Town F.C.. He played one year with Luton Town F.C. and signed than in July 1999 to Jupiler League club FC Denderleeuw EH...
Michel Aikpé
Michel Aikpé
Michel Aikpé was the Minister of Interior of Benin Republic and second in command in the first government of Mathieu Kérékou, from 1972 to 1975. He was assassinated in 1975 by Martin Dohou Azonhiho under instruction from President Mathieu Kérékou for having political ambitions but the official...
Military of Benin
Military of Benin
The Benin Armed Forces constitutes the army, navy, air force, and national gendarmerie of Benin. For a number of years, the Belgian Armed Forces have had an active programme of co-operation with Benin, offering training and coaching, donating redundant military equipment and using the county for...
Mouritala Ogunbiyi
Mouritala Ogunbiyi
Mouritala Ogunbiyi is a Nigeria-born, Beninese football midfielder. He currently plays in France for Nîmes Olympique....
Moussa Latoundji
Moussa Latoundji
Moussa Latoundji is a Beninese footballer.-Career:Latoundji played in more than 100 league matches for FC Energie Cottbus.-International career:...
Moussoro Kabirou
Moussoro Kabirou
Kabirou Moussoro Moubang is a former Cameroon-born, Beninese football player.-Career:Kabirou played several seasons for Pau FC in the French Championnat National.a jouer en 2008/09 au fco st jean de la ruelle...
Moustapha Agnidé
Moustapha Agnidé
Idrissou Moustapha Agnidé is a Beninese football player who plays for Stade Quimpérois.Agnidé previously played several seasons for AS Vitré in the Championnat de France amateur....
Movement for Citizens' Commitment and Awakening
Movement for Citizens' Commitment and Awakening
Movement for Citizens' Commitment and Awakening is a political party in Benin led by Séverin Adjovi.In the 1999 parliamentary elections MERCI elected two MPs, Amadou Assouma and Sacca Moussèdikou Fikara....
Movement for Development and Solidarity
Movement for Development and Solidarity
The Movement for Development and Solidarity is a political party in Benin.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the party was member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections, and won 1 out of 83 seats...
Movement for Development by Culture
Movement for Development by Culture
The Movement for Development by Culture is a political party in Benin.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the party was member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections,...
Movement for the People's Alternative
Movement for the People's Alternative
The Movement for the People's Alternative is a political party of Benin led by Lazare Sèhouéto.The party won at the presidential election of 5 March 2006 2 % of the votes for its candidate Lazare Sèhouéto....
National Party "Together"
National Rally for Democracy (Benin)
National Rally for Democracy (Benin)
National Rally for Democracy is a political party in Benin. RND was legally recognized on October 5, 1990.In 1997 Abimbola Adébayo Anani became the party president....
New Alliance
Olympe Bhely-Quenum
Olympe Bhely-Quenum
Olympe Bhêly-Quénum is a Beninese writer and journalist.Born in Ouidah, Benin, Bhêly-Quénum won the Grand prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire for Le Chant du lac in 1966.-Works:* Le Chant du lac...
Omar Tchomogo
Omar Tchomogo
Oumar Tchomogo is a former Beninese football player.-International career:He was part of the Beninese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. He lated played for Vitoria...
Orou Gabé Orou Sego
Orou Gabé Orou Sego
Orou Gabé Orou Sego is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Benin, beginning in 2004.-References:...
Party of Construction and Labour
Party of Construction and Labour
Party of Construction and Labour is a political party in Benin. Its youth wing is known as Forum International de la Jeunesse....
Pascal Fantodji
Pascal Fantodji
Pascal Fantodji is a Beninese professor and long-time first secretary of the Communist Party of Benin . In the Benin presidential election of 1996, Fantodji received 1.08 percent of the vote . -References:...
People's Republic of Benin
People's Republic of Benin
The People's Republic of Benin was a socialist state located in the Gulf of Guinea on the African continent, which would become present-day Benin. The People's Republic was established on November 30, 1975, shortly after the 1972 coup d'état in the Republic of Dahomey...
People's Republican Union
People's Republican Union
People's Republican Union is a political party in Benin led by Bamênou Michel Toko. URP was legally recognized on October 10, 1990....
Pierre Osho
Pierre Osho
Pierre Osho is a Beninese political figure. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 1996 to May 1998, then Minister of Defense from May 1998 to January 2006, when he resigned....
Public holidays in Benin
Public holidays in Benin
-Movable holidays:The following holidays are public holidays but the date on which each occurs varies, according to its corresponding calendar, and thus has no set date. In order in which they occur:...
Rachad Chitou
Rachad Chitou
Rachad Chitou is a Beninese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Wikki Tourists.-International career:He was part of the Beninese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to qualify for the next round.-External links:*...
Rally for Democracy and Progress (Benin)
Rally for Democracy and Progress (Benin)
The Rally for Democracy and Progress is a political party in Benin.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the party was member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections, and won 1 out of 83 seats....
Rodrigue Akpakoun
Rodrigue Akpakoun
Rodrigue Akpakoun is a former Beninese football player.-Career:He played several seasons in the lower tiers of French football, including spells at Stade Reims and La Roche VF.-International career:...
Rogatien Biaou
Rogatien Biaou
Rogatien Biaou is a Beninese politician and diplomat. Biaou was the Foreign Minister of Benin from June 12, 2003 to February 16, 2006. He was fired after President Mathieu Kérékou discovered Biaou's sale of land surrounding the Embassy of Benin in Washington to a U.S. company in 2002 was...
Roman Catholicism in Benin
Roman Catholicism in Benin
The Catholic Church in Benin is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.There are an estimated 1.5 million baptised Roman Catholics in the Republic of Benin, or about 23% of the population, in ten dioceses and archdioceses...
Rosine Vieyra Soglo
Rosine Vieyra Soglo
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Salute Party
Salute Party
The Salute Party is a political party in Benin.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the party was member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections...
Samuel Emmanuel Suka
Samuel Emmanuel Suka
Samuel Emmanuel Suka is a retired Beninese football player who last plays for Liberty Professionals.-International career:...
Seydath Tchomogo
Seïdou Mama Sika
Seïdou Mama Sika
Seïdou Mama Sika was the Minister of the Interior of Benin from February 9, 2005 until April 2006. He attended the Lycée Technique in Coulibaly. He became an air brigade general in 1999.-References:...
Simon Idohou
Simon Idohou
Dr. Simon Bodéhoussè Idohou was the Permanent Representative for Benin to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006....
Social Democratic Party (Benin)
Social Democratic Party (Benin)
The Social Democratic Party is a political party in Benin.The PSD was founded in 1990. Running together with the National Union for Solidarity and Progress in the February 1991 parliamentary election, the PSD won 9.8% of the vote and eight out of 64 seats in the National Assembly.The PSD's first...
Sourou-Migan Apithy
Sourou-Migan Apithy
Sourou-Migan Marcellin Joseph Apithy was a Beninese political figure most active when his country was known as Dahomey. He arose on a political scene where one's power was dictated by what region in Dahomey they lived....
Star Alliance (Benin)
Star Alliance (Benin)
The Star Alliance is an oppositional political party in Benin, formed by the Builders and Managers of Freedom and Democracy, The Greens and the Union for Democracy and National Solidarity....
Sylvain Remy
Sylvain Remy
Sylvain Remy is a former Beninese football player, who last played for Clermont.-International career:He was part of the Beninese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the...
Tahirou Congacou
Tahirou Congacou
Tahirou Congacou was a Beninese politician, most active during the 1960s, when his country was known as Dahomey. He served as speaker of the National Assembly from 1964 to 1965, and in that capacity served as acting President of Benin from 29 November 1965 to 22 December 1965...
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The Greens (Benin)
The Greens (Benin)
The Greens is an oppositional political party in Benin, part of the Star Alliance.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the Star Alliance won 3 out of 83 seats.-See also:*Conservation movement*Environmental movement*Green party...
Tony Toklomety
Tony Toklomety
Tony Toklomety is a Beninese football player who plays for Enyimba International F.C..-Career:Toklomety previously played for Maccabi Netanya F.C., Postel Sport FC and MŠK Žilina....
Union for Democracy and National Solidarity
Union for Democracy and National Solidarity
The Union for Democracy and National Solidarity is an oppositional political party in Benin, part of the Star Alliance.In the parliamentary election held on 30 March 2003, the Star Alliance won 3 out of 83 seats. The party's president, Sacca Lafia, was its candidate in the March 2001 presidential...
Union for Future Benin
Union for Future Benin
The Union for Future Benin is an electoral alliance in Benin.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the party was member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections, and won 31 out of 83 seats...
Union for Homeland and Labour
Union for Homeland and Labour
Union for Homeland and Labour is a left-wing political party in Benin. Its President is Col. Martin Dohou Azonhiho, who was a leading ideologist of Mathieu Kérékou's socialist government in the 1980s...
Union for the Nation
Union for the Nation
Union for the Nation is a political party in Benin. The general secretary of the party is Alexandre Hountondji....
Union of Communists of Dahomey
Union of Communists of Dahomey
Union of Communists of Dahomey was a communist political organization in Benin. UCD was founded in 1976. In 1977 UCD gave birth to Communist Party of Dahomey....
Zircon Airways Benin
Zircon Airways Benin
Zircon Airways Benin was an airline based in Benin. It was founded in 2001 and ceased operations again in 2002.-Code data:*IATA Code: Z4*ICAO Code: BZW *Callsign: ZIRCON -External links:...
Émile Zinsou

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