Benin
Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...
is divided into 12
departments (French: ''départements''), and subdivided into 77
communes
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(see
Communes of Benin). In 1999, the previous six departments were each split into two halves, forming the current 12. Each of the six new departments was assigned a capital in 2008.
See also
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Communes of Benin
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Arrondissements of Benin
Arrondissements are administrative units of Benin, after departments and communes. In turn they contain villages and may often have several ''quartiers'' or city districts/urban neighborhoods. There are currently 545 arrondissements.
The arrondis ...
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ISO 3166-2:BJ, the
ISO
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codes for the departments of Benin.
References
External links
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* http://www.ambassade-benin.org/article20.html
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Projections De La Population Du Benin Par Departement
Subdivisions of Benin
Benin, Departments
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Departments, Benin
Benin geography-related lists
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