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Located in West Africa, BENIN is a small and vertically skinny country west of Nigeria and east of Togo, another skinny country. The capital, Porto-Novo, is located near the Atlantic Ocean coast and above a river that runs parallel to the coastline. Over 60% of the population has less than $2 per day to live off of as of 2011, according to the National Geographic atlas cited below. The population is expected to grow more than 100% by the year 2050. The percent of people living in urban areas is relatively low, but may rise as people continue to go to cities like Porto-Novo and Cotonou to find better economic opportunities. The largest sector of the economy is services. The official language is French, but Fon and Yoruba — among other languages — are present as well.
***Credit for Statistics: National Geographic Collegiate Atlas of the World. Second Edition. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2011.
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