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Benin (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 09 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 9.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 2.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Much of the territory of modern Benin was an important native kingdom, Dahomey, at its height during the 17th-19th centuries. It was conquered by the French, who deposed its ruler and conquered Abomey in 1892. Later, the region was part of French West Africa from 1895. The official language is French, though local languages are also spoken, including Fon, Yoruba, Adja, Bariba, Somba and Aizo. |
Names: |
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| Bénin (preferred,C,V,Vietnamese)
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| Bénin (French-P,U,N)
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| République du Bénin (C,V,O,French,U)
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| Bénin, République du (C,V,French,U,N)
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| République populaire du Bénin (C,V,French,U,N)
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| Bénin, République Populaire du (C,V,French,U,N)
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| Benin (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Benin (Tagalog)
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| Benin (Nauruan)
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| Benin (Malagasy)
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| Benin (Maltese)
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| Benin (Indonesian)
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| Benin (Azerbaijani)
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| Benin (Croatian)
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| Benin (Bosnian)
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| Benin (Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Benin (Danish)
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| Benin (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Benin (Finnish)
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| Benin (Swedish)
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| Benin (Polish)
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| Benin (Portuguese)
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| Benin (Romanian)
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| Benin (Slovak)
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| Benin (Slovene)
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| Benin (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Benin (Catalan)
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| Benin (Basque)
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| Benin (Welsh)
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| Benin (German)
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| Benin (Low German)
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| Benin (Breton)
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| Benin (Cornish)
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| Benin (Czech)
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| Benin (Dutch)
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| Benin (Afrikaans)
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| Benin (French)
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| Benin (Galician)
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| Benin (Faroese)
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| Benin (Italian)
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| Benin (Sicilian)
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| Benin (Estonian)
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| Benin (Turkish)
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| Benin (Occitan)
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| Benin (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Benin (Romansh)
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| Benin (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Benin (Norwegian)
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| Benin (Pampanga)
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| Benin (Northern Sami)
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| Benin (Swahili (generic))
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| Benin (Ido)
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| Benin (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Benin (Limburgan)
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| Benin, Republic of (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Republic of Benin (C,V,English,U,N)
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| República de Benin (C,V,Spanish,U)
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| Бенин (C,V,Tajik)
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| Бенин (Chuvash)
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| Бенин (Serbian)
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| Бенин (Macedonian)
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| Бенин (Kazakh)
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| Бенин (Bulgarian)
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| Бенин (Russian-P,U)
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| Бенин (Udmurt)
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| Республика Бенин (C,V,Russian,U)
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| 贝宁 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| 贝宁共和国 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| بنن (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً بنن (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| BEN (C,O,ISO3L)
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| BJ (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO204 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| BN (C,O,FIPS)
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| Beninese (C,O,English,U,A)
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| בנין (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Beinin (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Beinin (Scots Gaelic)
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| Benɛ (C,U,Lingala)
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| Bê-nanh (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Bê-nanh (Benin) (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Bene (C,U,Rundi)
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| Bene (Luba-Katanga)
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| Benee (C,U,Fulah)
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| Benëen (C,U,Sangho)
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| Benen (C,U,Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Benim (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Bènin (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Benín (C,U,Spanish)
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| Benín (Catalan)
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| Benín (Aragonese)
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| Benín (Asturian)
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| Benín (Galician)
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| Benín (Icelandic)
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| Bênîn (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Benina (C,U,Latvian)
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| Beninän (C,U,Volapük)
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| Beninas (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Benini (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Benini (Albanian)
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| Benini (Kikuyu)
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| Benini (Shona)
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| Benini (Swahili (generic))
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| Benin nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Benino (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Beninum (C,U,Latin)
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| Benɛn (C,U,Bambara)
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| Bhenini (C,U,North Ndebele)
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| Biniin (C,U,Somali)
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| Binin (C,U,Igbo)
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| Binin (Hausa)
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| Bɛnin (C,U,Akan)
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| i-Benin (C,U,Zulu)
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| Orílẹ́ède Bẹ̀nẹ̀ (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Penini (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| People’s Republic of Benin (C,U)
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| República de Benín (C,U,Galician)
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| Republic of Dahomey (C,U)
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| République du Dahomey (C,U)
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| République Populaire du Bénin (C,U)
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| بنين (C,U,Arabic)
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| بنین (C,U,Kurdish)
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| بنین (Persian-Farsi)
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| ເບນິນ (C,U,Lao)
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| ベナン (C,U,Japanese)
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| Բենին (C,U,Armenian)
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| बेनिन (C,U,Marathi)
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| बेनिन (Hindi)
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| बेनिन (Nepali)
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| 베넹 (C,U,Korean)
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| เบนิน (C,U,Thai)
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| Бенін (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| Бенін (Belarusian)
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| Μπενίν (C,U,Greek)
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| ቤኒን (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ቤኒን (Amharic)
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| ベニン (C,U,Japanese)
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| Μπένιν (C,U,Greek)
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| 베냉 (C,U,Korean)
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| பெனின் (C,U,Tamil)
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| បេណាំង (C,U,Khmer)
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| ประเทศเบนิน (C,U,Thai)
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| বেনিন (C,U,Bengali)
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| ბენინი (C,U,Georgian)
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| بېنىن (C,U,Uyghur)
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| ベニン共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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| བཱེ་ནིན། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| ബെനിന് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| බෙනින් (C,U,Sinhala)
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| ବେନିନ୍ (C,U,Odia)
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| بینن (C,U,Urdu)
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| બેનિન (C,U,Gujarati)
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| ಬೆನಿನ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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| బెనిన్ (C,U,Telugu)
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| Benin, People's Republic of (H,O,English,U,N)
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| Dahome (H,O)
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| Dahomey, Republic of (H,O)
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| Dahomey, République du (H,O,French,U,N)
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| People's Republic of Benin (H,O,English,U,N)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence 1960 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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| former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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| territory (H) |
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French, 1946-1960 |
| colony (H) |
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French, 1894-1946 |
| kingdom (H) |
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17th century-1892 |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Porto-Novo .......... (inhabited place) |
| .................. |
(World, Africa, Benin, Ouémé) [7000397] |
| distinguished from .... |
Benin .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa, Nigeria) [8711681] |
| historical connection .... |
Dahomey .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa) [7030378] |
| member of .... |
French West Africa .......... (federation) |
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(World, Africa) [6002142] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1960 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| People's Republic of Benin.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
ISO Handbook (1988) 764 |
| People’s Republic of Benin.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2395170 |
| République populaire du Bénin.......... |
[VP] |
| .................................................. |
ISO Handbook (1988) 776 |
| République Populaire du Bénin.......... |
[VP] |
| .................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2395170 |
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