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The department contains the bulk of Benin's section of the trans-boundary W National Park. [4] The climate is mostly humid and tropical. The northern regions of Benin, in general, receives one season of rainfall from May to September, compared to the southern regions which receive two spells from March to July and September to November.
Benin is divided into 12 departments (French: départements), and subdivided into 77 communes (see Communes of Benin). In 1999, the previous six departments were each split into two halves, forming the current 12. Each of the six new departments was assigned a capital in 2008.
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The departments of Benin are subdivided into 77 communes, which in turn are divided into arrondissements and finally into villages or city districts.Prior to 1999 provinces were broken down into 84 districts, titled either urban or rural.
Main campus of Université d'Abomey-Calavi. The university was founded in 1970 as the Université du Dahomey. [1] [2] In 1975 the name was changed to Université Nationale du Bénin.
The colony of Dahomey (the former name of Benin) was declared in 1894, and later included within the much larger federal colony of French West Africa (Afrique occidentale française, abbreviated AOF) in 1899. [3] [2] The 1880s saw an intense competition for territory in Africa by the European powers, a process known as the ‘Scramble for ...
In 1969, thanks to funding from the national lottery and French co-operation, a plan to set up an experimental service, known as "mini-télévision", was made at the offices of the Office de Postes et Téléphones de Cotonou. With the change of regime (President Émile Derlin Zinsou was deposed on 10 December 1969), the plan was halted. [2]
In the 1980s, Benin's economic situation became increasingly critical. The country experienced high economic growth rates (15.6 percent in 1982, 4.6 percent in 1983 and 8.2 percent in 1984), but Nigeria's closure of its border with Benin led to a sharp decline in customs and tax revenues. The state was no longer able to pay the salaries of ...