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Benin

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1 What is the capital of Benin?

2 What is the national anthem of Benin?

3 Which is the largest city in Benin?

4 Which of the following titles did Benin have?

5 What timezone is Benin in during daylight savings?

6 What timezone is Benin in?

7 What is the native name for Benin

8 When was Benin established?

9 What is the calling code of Benin?

10 How many square miles is Benin in area?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • Paul-Émile de Souza was installed head of Benin because the military did not recognise Maurice Kouandété as the official leader?
  • Samuel Oshoffa founded the Celestial Church of Christ in 1947 after being lost for three months near Porto Novo in Benin?
  • former Beninese army Chief of Staff Alphonse Alley was known as "the wine, women and song officer"?
  • prominent Beninese merchant and politician Paul Darboux went missing from 1963 to 1970?
  • Noel Dossou-Yovo is presently President of the Professors World Peace Academy in the Republic of Benin?
  • Jean Sagbo, a real estate agent from Benin, is the first Black politician elected in Russia and has been called "Russia's Obama"?
  • Beninese political figure Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin remained under house arrest from 1972 to 1981 after being overthrown in a coup d'état?
  • Beninese politician Sourou-Migan Apithy was said to have ended slavery in Benin, although in fact he was not involved with the abolition bill?
  • Jean-Baptiste Hachème supervised the government of Maurice Kouandete, being the de facto head of state of Benin?
  • Beninese physician Basile Adjou Moumouni won his country's 1968 presidential election with 80 percent of the vote only to have the results annulled by incumbent Alphonse Amadou Alley?
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