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	Benin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Republic of Benin is a nation of western Africa, formerly known as Dahomey.
		It has a small coast line with the Bight of Benin in the south, borders Togo in the west, Nigeria in the east, and Burkina Faso and Niger in the north.
		Stretched between the Niger River in the north and the Bight of Benin in the south, Benin's elevation is about the same for the entire country.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/b/be/benin.html (685 words)

	Bight of Benin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bight of Benin is a bay on the western African coast that extends eastward for about 400 miles (640 km) from Cape St. Paul to the Nun outlet of the Niger River.
		To the east it is continued by the Bight Of Bonny (formerly Bight of Biafra).
		The Bight of Benin is known for its fearsome tides and has a long association with slavery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bight_of_Benin (181 words)

	Geography of Benin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Benin, a narrow, north-south strip of land in West Africa, lies between the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer.
		Benin is bounded by Togo to the west, Burkina Faso and Niger to the north, Nigeria to the east, and the Bight of Benin to the south.
		With an area of 112,622 square kilometers, roughly the size of Pennsylvania, Benin extends from the Niger River in the north to the Atlantic Ocean in the south, a distance of 700 km.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/g/ge/geography_of_benin.html (699 words)

	Benin_City
		Benin is the center of Nigeria’s rubber industry, but processing palm nuts for oil is still an important traditional industry.
		Benin served as the capital of the Kingdom of Benin, the empire of the Oba of Benin, which flourished from the 14th through the 17th century.
		The Bight of Benin's shore was known as the "Slave Coast." In the early 16th century the Oba sent an ambassador to Lisbon, and the king of Portugal sent Christian missionaries to Benin.
	www.tuxedo-shop.com /search.php?title=Benin_City (352 words)

	COUNTRY PRESENTATION - REPUBLIC OF BENIN
		The Republic of Benin is the former Republic of Dahomey.
		The population of Benin is concentrated in Southern coastal region near the major port city of Cotonou (800,000 inhabitants) the chief town of the Atlantic Department, the capital city of Porto-Novo (400,000 inhabitants) in the Oueme Department as well as the "Royal City" of Abomey (160,000 inhabitants) in the Central Department of Zou.
		Benin was successful in boosting agricultural growth rate in a predominantly peasant farm sector, mainly because it devoted substantial public resources to agricultural investment, research and extension, and provided farmers with strong and stable price incentive through public marketing arrangements.
	users.ugent.be /~aremautd/benin/benin.html (2160 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Benin
		Benin, Bight of, bay in West Africa, forming the western part of the Gulf of Guinea.
		The Bight of Benin extends from the mouth of the Volta River to...
		Benin, Kingdom of, state of West Africa that flourished from the 15th to the 17th century.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Benin.html (117 words)

	Bight of Benin -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The (A broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline) Bight of Benin is a bay on the western African coast that extends eastward for about 400 miles (640 km) from Cape St. Paul to the Nun outlet of the (An African river; flows into the South Atlantic) Niger River.
		The bight is part of the (A gulf off the southwest coast of Africa) Gulf of Guinea.
		The Bight of Benin is known for its fearsome tides and has a long association with (The practice of owning slaves) slavery.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/B/Bi/Bight_of_Benin.htm (211 words)

	Benin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1972, a military coup led by Mathieu Kérékou overthrew the council.
		He established a Marxist government under the control of Military Council of the Revolution (CNR), and the country was renamed to the People's Republic of Benin in 1975.
		The parliament of Benin is formed by the 83-seat National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale), for which election are held every four years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benin (877 words)

	Benin
		Benin is situated in West Africa and is bounded to the east by Nigeria, to the north by Niger and Burkina Faso, and to the west by Togo.
		Benin stretches 700km (435 miles) from the Bight of Benin to the Niger River.
		Benin is the birthplace of voodoo (voodoo museums of Ouidah).
	us-africa.tripod.com /benin.html (457 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Benin Bight of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Benin, Bight of, bay of the Atlantic Ocean, western Africa, about 640 km (400 mi) wide along a baseline from Cape St Paul, Ghana, in the west to the...
		Bight, (from Old English byht), in geography, a wide bay formed by a bend or curve in a shoreline.
		Important bights include the Bight of Benin and the...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Benin_Bight_of.html (107 words)

	General report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A conference took place in Porto-Novo, capital of Benin, from November 26 to 30, on the theme "Aguda: aspects of the Afro-Brazilian heritage in the Bight of Benin".
		The teaching of Portuguese as a second language as form secondary school in Benin and the other countries of the Bight of Benin, and the teaching of African languages in Brazil.
		A diplomatic representation of Brazil in Benin and vice versa.
	www.epa-prema.net /epaGB/aguda_report.htm (666 words)

	Geography of Benin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Benin's latitude ranges from 6°30′ N to 12°30′ N and its longitude from 1° E to 3°40′ E. Benin is bounded by Togo to the west, Burkina Faso and Niger to the north, Nigeria to the east, and the Bight of Benin to the south.
		With an area of 112,622 square kilometers, roughly the size of Pennsylvania, Benin extends from the Niger River in the north to the Atlantic Ocean in the south, a distance of 700 km (430 mi).
		In the rest of the country, the savanna is covered with thorny scrubs and dotted with huge baobab trees.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Benin (735 words)

	Benin article - Benin Africa Bight Benin Togo Nigeria Burkina Faso Niger Detail Full - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A turbulent period followed independence, and there were several coups and regime changes before control was seized by Mathieu Kérékou.
		The Paris Club and bilateral creditors have eased the external debt situation, while pressing for speeded-up structural reforms.
		Benin article - Benin definition - what means Benin
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Benin (710 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Benin
		Includes an extensive negro country and the former kingdom of Western Equatorial Africa, in Upper Guinea, on the Bight of Benin, or Gulf of Guinea.
		The mission of Dahomey was separated from Benin in 1882 and made a Prefecture Apostolic, in 1901 a Vicariate Apostolic.
		Since the latter date the Vicariate of the Coast of Benin has been bounded by Dahomey, the Niger, and the Bight of Benin; it includes the British colony of Lagos (Southern Nigeria), the native Kingdom of Porto Novo (under French protection), and the native kingdoms of Yoruba, Isebou, Ibadan, etc.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02480a.htm (709 words)

	Benin Geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Benin is located in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Nigeria and Togo.
		Benin's latitude ranges from 6o3oN to 12o30N and its longitude from 10E to 3o40E.
		With an area of 112,622 square kilometers, roughly the size of Pennsylvania, Benin extends from the Niger River in the north to the Atlantic Ocean in the south, a distance of 700 kilometers.
	www.multied.com /nationbynation/Benin/Geo.html (531 words)

	Benin (08/05)
		Benin was thus the first African country to effect successfully the transition from dictatorship to a pluralistic political system.
		Benin is dependent on imported electricity, mostly from Ghana, which currently accounts for a significant proportion of the country's imports.
		Benin is eligible for the African Growth and Opportunities Act but has not yet qualified for the Act's apparel provision, which would allow Benin to export apparel with few restrictions to the U.S. market.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/6761.htm (3568 words)

	French Colonies - Benin (formerly Dahomey)
		Benin {be-neen'} is a small republic in West Africa known from 1960 to 1975 as the Republic of Dahomey (see map).
		Located on the Bight of Benin in the Gulf of Guinea, it is bordered on the east by Nigeria, on the north by Niger and Burkina Faso, and on the west by Togo.
		Benin sustains huge annual trade deficits that are relieved by infusions of monetary aid, especially from France.
	www.discoverfrance.net /Colonies/Benin.shtml (1592 words)

	WHKMLA : History of the Kingdom of Benin
		The Kingdom of Benin was located on the west bank of the lower Niger river, giving name to the Bight of Benin.
		The bight of Benin was notorious (Beware of the Bight of Benin, for few come out, though many go in), for many whites fell victim to diseases in the tropical climate.
		Kingdom of Benin, from Arts and Life of Africa at UIowa, and from Diffusion and other Problems in the History of African States by Prof.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/westafrica/beninkgd.html (277 words)

	bight - definition by dict.die.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		bight n 1: a loop in a rope 2: a bend or curve (especially in a coastline) 3: a broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin" 4: the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends) v : fasten with a bight
		A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
		(Geog.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin.
	dict.die.net /bight (123 words)

	Benin, Bight of -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It lies within the Gulf of Guinea and is bordered by southeastern Ghana, Togo, Benin, and southwestern Nigeria.
		More results on "Benin, Bight of" when you join.
		Benin has an area of 43,500 square miles (112,600 square kilometres) and is bordered to...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9078618?tocId=9078618 (829 words)

	Benin on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Porto-Novo is the capital and Cotonou is the largest city and chief port.
		Benin President Mathieu KEREKOU, who recently converted to protestantism, and a Muslim dignitary outside the Conference hall.
		Benin 16th C. Nigerian plaques in the African Galleries of the British Museum.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/BeninA1f.asp (401 words)

	ELISÉE SOUMONNI
		He is the Chair of the Organizing Committee for the forthcoming IBERDA/EPA/NHP conference: "Aguda: Aspects of Afro-Brazilian Heritage in the Bight of Benin" (Porto-Novo, République du Bénin, 26-30 November 2001) and is a member of the Text and Testimony Collective.
		Professor Soumonni's research focuses on the slave ports of the Bight of Benin, as well as the specific history of Dahomey and the various Yoruba states.
		In addition, he is also engaged in a larger project on the biographies of Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Cuban families in the towns of the Bight of Benin.
	www.yorku.ca /nhp/network/elisee.htm (833 words)

	Bight of Benin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Bight of Benin, also known as the Bight Of Bonny, is a bay on the western African coast thatextends eastward for about 400 miles (640 km) from Cape St. Paul to the Nun outlet of the Niger River.
		A bight is a slight indentation in a coast forming an open bay, usually crescent shaped.
		The is known for its fearsome tides and has a long association with slavery.
	www.therfcc.org /bight-of-benin-148068.html (160 words)

	Benin Map
		Benin was the seat of one of the great medieval African kingdoms.
		Zeal - Benin map - Human written reviews of their fine web sites in a huge number of categories.
		Benin Map results at Excite - Now gathers results from the top engines and directories.
	www.inneans.com /maps/Benin-map.html (479 words)

	Benin
		Kérékou's socialist collectivization of Benin's agriculture and the ballooning bureaucracy further damaged the economy.
		Benin, Bight of - Benin, Bight of, northern arm of the Gulf of Guinea, c.550 mi (885 km) wide, W Africa, between Cape...
		Benin, country, Africa: Bibliography - Bibliography See W. Argyle, The Fon of Dahomey (1966); I. Akinjogbin, Dahomey and Its...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107337.html (742 words)

	Benin - Wikipedia
		Ang Republika ng Benin ay isang bansa sa kanlurang Africa.
		Mayroon itong maiksing baybayin sa Bight of Benin sa timog.
		Kanlurang Aprika : Benin · Burkina Faso · Cape Verde
	tl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benin (208 words)

	Aspects of Afro-Brazilian Heritage in the Bight of Bénin
		As it is well known, the Bight of Bénin, in the era of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, was referred to as the Slave Coast, an infamous appellation implying that this section of the West African Coast was a major source of slave labor for the Americas between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries.
		Brazil, which received the largest proportion of the enslaved Africans in the Americas, was also the destination of most of those who originated from the Bight of Bénin.
		In view of the significance of the Brazilian legacy in the history of the Bight of Bénin, this exhibition will also be a useful tool for teaching in primary and secondary schools.
	www.yorku.ca /nhp/conferences/aguda_benin/beninconf.htm (711 words)

	EH.R: Frank versus Landes X-Posts #11
		For the Bight of Benin itself, the result suggested long-term economic growth (at a rate of about 1% per year), but with significant decline as a result of the cost of slave exports (1720-1830), and a subsequent decline in the 20th century as a result of the fiscal drain of French colonialism.
		More to the point for this discussion, the Bight of Benin's per capita export revenue was similar to that for Britain in the early 18th century (at the peak of slave exports), and fell behind thereafter.
		The previous export of gold was succeeded by a reversal of gold flows, as slaves were sold for Brazilian gold.
	www.eh.net /pipermail/eh.res/1998-June/000852.html (782 words)

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