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Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
Area > Land	110,620 sq km		[101st of 238]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	112,620 sq km		[106th of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population Porto-Novo (official) - 177,660; Cotonou (de facto capital) - 33,212
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Forested Land	24%		[110th of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	9 30 N, 2 15 E
Source: FAO
Land boundaries > Border countries Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km, Togo 644 km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	23.53%		[39th of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city Porto-Novo (capital city, not largest urban area)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	194,000		[135th of 174]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population	Porto-Novo - 177,660
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Africa
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural hazards hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north from December to March
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Natural resources small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density	57 people per sqkm		[132nd of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	76.29 people/m²		[105th of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Surface area > sq. km	112,620 km²		[100th of 206]
Source: World Development Indicators database
tallest mountains > Mountain	Mont Sokbaro
Source: World Development Indicators database

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