Benin: Holidays, hotels, maps, money, weather, capital travel tips, information, real estate

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Detailed information:

Map of Benin

All facts and figures - CIA

Wikitravel - Travel Guide

Wikipedia - Country information

Travel advice - Foreign Office

Government - Official site (Fr)

Tourism - Embassy site

Camping - Campsites

Youth hostels - Stay cheap

Hotels - Online booking

Holiday homes - Self catering

Houses - Local Real estate agent

UK - Book flight

Newspaper - Online daily news (Fr)

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Image of one of the coins. The Currency of this country is the Africaine franc

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Large map of Africa

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Overview countries of Africa

National holiday: 1 August (1960)

The most widely spoken languages are: French (official), Fon and Yoruba , tribal languages

The Capital is Porto-Novo

(See link for the capital website)

The Climate is mostly tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north