General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Benin
- Official English country name: The Republic of Benin
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Beninese
- Demonym(s):Beninese
- Etymology: Name of Benin
- ISO country codes: BJ, BEN, 204
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:BJ
- Internet country code top-level domain: .bj
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