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The Autonomous Port of Cotonou is one of the largest in West Africa. The city is connected to Parakou in the north by the Benin-Niger railway. Cotonou International Airport provides service to the capitals of the region and to France, as well as the major cities of Benin: Parakou, Kandi , Natitingou , Djougou , and Savé .
Benin is a member of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa . [102] Cotonou has the country's only seaport and international airport. Benin is connected by 2-lane asphalted roads to its neighboring countries (Togo, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria).
Cardinal Bernadin Gantin International Airport (formerly known as Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport) (IATA: COO, ICAO: DBBB) is an airport in the Cadjehoun neighborhood of Cotonou, the largest city in Benin, in West Africa. The airport is the largest in the country, and the primary entry point into the country by air, with flights to Africa and Europe.
1968 - Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou (musical group) and Société Béninoise de Textiles [2] [10] established in Cotonou. 1970 - Université du Dahomey founded. 1975 - City becomes part of the People's Republic of Benin .
Map of Benin. The following is a ... Cotonou, largest city in Benin Porto-Novo, capital and second largest city of Benin. Parakou Djougou. Largest cities. Cotonou ...
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Benin. The capital city of Cotonou hosts 28 embassies. Diplomatic missions in Benin. ... South Africa [1]
The Cotonou wharf narrow gauge railway in Dahomey (Benin). In common with many other former French colonial states, the usual track gauge in Benin is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge. However, a number of narrow gauge railways have also operated historically, using 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) gauge.
This is a list of airports in Benin, sorted by location. Benin, officially the Republic of Benin ( French : République du Bénin ), is a country in West Africa . 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 .