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Benin

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