Benin
Capital: Porto-Novo · Coastal
Route des Esclaves, Ouidah. A memorial route tracing the historic path to the coast, ending at the "Door of No Return."
- Capital
- Porto-Novo
- Languages
- French (official)
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (XOF)
Benin sits on the Gulf of Guinea between Togo and Nigeria, with a growing economy built on agriculture, cotton exports and its strategic port at Cotonou.
It is widely regarded as the birthplace of Vodun (Vodou), and its former kingdom of Dahomey left a deep cultural and historical imprint across the region.