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The location of Benin An enlargeable map of Benin. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Benin: . Benin – country in West Africa. [1] It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north; its short coastline to the south leads to the Bight of Benin.
In its 2007 Worldwide Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders ranked Benin 53rd out of 169 countries. That place had fallen to 78th by 2016, when Talon took office, and has fallen further to 113th. [54] Benin has been rated equal-88th out of 159 countries in a 2005 analysis of police, business, and political corruption. [56]
Land borders and maritime boundaries are included and are tabulated separately and in combination. For purposes of this list, " maritime boundary " includes boundaries that are recognized by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea , which includes boundaries of territorial waters , contiguous zones , and exclusive economic zones .
Benin map of Köppen climate classification zones man transporting a tree trunk during rainy season (October 2018) Benin's climate is hot and humid. Annual rainfall in the coastal area averages 1,360 mm (53.5 in), not particularly high for coastal West Africa. Benin has two rainy and two dry seasons.
Countries by land border length Antarctica and countries in purple are those without any land border. This list gives the number of distinct land borders of each country or territory, as well as the neighboring countries and territories. The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [1]
Benin–Togo border This page was last edited on 20 March 2013, at 18:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4. ...
Benin: Border with Nigeria: 3°50′E 143 Burkina Faso: Est Region, border with Niger and Benin in the Atakora River: 2°25′E 144 Andorra: La Palomera, Canillo: 1°47′E 145 Togo: Border with Benin at Atlantic coast, Maritime Region: 1°46′E 146 Ghana: Border with Togo, Volta Region: 1°10′E 147 Morocco: Border with Algeria, Oriental ...
Below are separate lists of countries and dependencies with their land boundaries, and lists of which countries and dependencies border oceans and major seas. The first short section describes the borders or edges of continents and oceans/major seas. Disputed areas are not considered.