Drapeau

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Capital	Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government
Government	republic under multiparty democratic rule; dropped Marxism-Leninism December 1989; democratic reforms adopted February 1990; transition to multiparty system completed 4 April 1991
Currency	Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
Area	total: 112,620 sq km water: 2,000 sq km land: 110,620 sq km
Population	6,787,625 (July 2002 est.)
Language	French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
Religion	indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%

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