Departments of Benin
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Benin is divided into 12 departments (French: départements), and subdivided into 77 communes. In 1999, the previous six departments were each split into two halves, forming the current 12. The new six departments have not been assigned a capital yet.
*Formed in 1999
[edit] See also
- Communes of Benin
- ISO 3166-2:BJ, the ISO codes for the departments of Benin.
[edit] References
- Departments of Benin at statoids.com
- (French) http://www.ambassade-benin.org/article20.html
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