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Benin
Prominent West African kingdom that rose in the 15th century. Dahomey was the name of a country in west Africa now called the Republic of Benin. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful west African state founded in the seventeenth century which survived until 1894. From 1894 until 1960 Dahomey was a part of French West Africa. The independent Republic of Dahomey existed from 1960-1975. In 1975, the country was re-named "The People's Republic of Benin" after the Bight of Benin
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Porto-Novo = official capitalCotonou = seat of government. Porto-Novo was probably founded in the late 16th century by the legendary King Te-Agdanlin of Allada. It was originally developed as a port for the slave trade.
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Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
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4,200 km. Nigeria / Mali / Niger / Algeria / Guinea / Cameroon / Burkina Faso / Côte d'Ivoire / Benin / Chad
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World Rivers
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South Africa actually has Three: Pretoria is the Administrative Capital, Cape Town is the Legislative Capital, and Bloemfontein is the Home of the Judiciary
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Common Threads 2
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Why can't the most powerful man in the world have the one thing he wants most?
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Chick Flicks
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