Regional Information-
Capital CityPorto-Novo
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Regional Relationshipstwo villages remain in dispute along the border with Burkina Faso; Benin accused Burkina Faso of moving boundary pillars; much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria, remains undemarcated; in 2005, Nigeria ceded thirteen villages to Benin, but border relations remain strained by rival gang clashes; Benin and Togo announced plans in 2006 to construct a joint hydroelectric dam on the Mona River at the southern end of the border
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Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements
Challenges
Inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching threatens wildlife populations; deforestation; desertification
International Agreements
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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Humanitarian Projects -
Native Languages French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
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Climate Tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north
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