Capital:Porto-Novo
Population:7,460,025
Area:112,620 sq km
Climate:tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north
Languages:French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
Currency:Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF)
Government:republic under multiparty democratic rule
Religions:indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
