The 1999 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ drugs: transshipment point for cocaine; small-scale illicit producer of cannabis for the international drug trade; minor money-laundering center

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      @Benin——

      Geography

      Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Nigeria and Togo

      Geographic coordinates: 9 30 N, 2 15 E

      Map references: Africa

      Area:

       total: 112,620 sq km

       land: 110,620 sq km

       water: 2,000 sq km

      Area—comparative: slightly smaller than Pennsylvania

      Land boundaries:

       total: 1,989 km

       border countries: Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km,

       Togo 644 km

      Coastline: 121 km

      Maritime claims: territorial sea: 200 nm

      Climate: tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north

      Terrain: mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Mont Sokbaro 658 m

      Natural resources: small offshore oil deposits, limestone,

       marble, timber

      Land use:

       arable land: 13%

       permanent crops: 4%

       permanent pastures: 4%

       forests and woodland: 31%

       other: 48% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 100 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north in winter

      Environment—current issues: recent droughts have severely affected marginal agriculture in north; inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching threatens wildlife populations; deforestation; desertification

      Environment—international agreements:

       party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered

       Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the

       Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection

       signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography—note: no natural harbors

      People

      Population: 6,305,567 (July 1999 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 48% (male 1,510,703; female 1,501,437)

       15–64 years: 50% (male 1,511,114; female 1,637,155)

       65 years and over: 2% (male 62,459; female 82,699) (1999 est.)

      Population growth rate: 3.3% (1999 est.)

      Birth rate: 45.37 births/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Death rate: 12.4 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (1999 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 97.76 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 54.08 years male: 51.98 years female: 56.24 years (1999 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 6.4 children born/woman (1999 est.)

      Nationality:

       noun: Beninese (singular and plural)

       adjective: Beninese

      Ethnic groups: African 99% (42 ethnic groups, most important

       being Fon, Adja, Yoruba, Bariba), Europeans 5,500

      Religions: indigenous beliefs 70%, Muslim 15%, Christian 15%

      Languages: French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over can read and write

       total population: 37%

       male: 48.7%

       female: 25.8% (1995 est.)

      Government

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Republic of Benin

       conventional short form: Benin

       local long form: Republique du Benin

       local short form: Benin

       former: Dahomey

      Data code: BN

      Government type: republic under multiparty democratic rule; dropped Marxism-Leninism December 1989; democratic reforms adopted February 1990; transition to multiparty system completed 4 April 1991

      Capital: Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat

       of government

      Administrative divisions: 6 provinces; Atakora, Atlantique,

       Borgou, Mono, Oueme, Zou

       note: six additional provinces have been reported but not confirmed;

       they are Alibori, Collines, Couffo, Donga, Littoral, and Plateau;

       moreover, the term "province" may have been changed to "department"

      Independence: 1 August 1960 (from France)

      National holiday: National Day, 1 August (1990)

      Constitution: СКАЧАТЬ