| NAME: |
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| LOCATION: |
Africa & The Middle East |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Republic |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north) are spoken as well. |
| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20% . |
| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
African 99% (42 ethnic groups, most important being Fon, Adja, Yoruba, Bariba), Europeans less than 1%. |
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