Benin (Heppy World)


 * 1) Ethnic groups-
 * 39.2% Fon.
 * 15.2% Adja.
 * 12.3% Yoruba.
 * 9.2% Bariba.
 * 7.0% Fula.
 * 6.1% Ottamari.
 * 4.0% Kabye.
 * 2.5% Dendi.
 * 1.6% other.
 * 2.9% unspecified.


 * Economy- Stable, but financially poor peasant agricultural type.

The Republic of Benin and formerly Dahomey, is a rural, socialist country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, by Nigeria to the east and by Burkina Faso and Niger to the north.