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total population: 50.81 years

       male: 50.25 years

       female: 51.39 years (2004 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       5.95 children born/woman (2004 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       1.9% (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       68,000 (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       5,800 (2003 est.)

      Major infectious diseases:

       typhoid fever, malaria, yellow fever

       overall degree of risk: very high (2004)

      Nationality:

       noun: Beninese (singular and plural)

       adjective: Beninese

      Ethnic groups:

       African 99% (42 ethnic groups, most important being Fon, Adja,

       Yoruba, Bariba), Europeans 5,500

      Religions:

       indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%

      Languages:

       French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in

       south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over can read and write

       total population: 40.9%

       male: 56.2%

       female: 26.5% (2000)

      Government Benin

      Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Benin conventional short form: Benin local short form: Benin former: Dahomey local long form: Republique du Benin

      Government type:

       republic under multiparty democratic rule; dropped Marxism-Leninism

       December 1989; democratic reforms adopted February 1990; transition

       to multiparty system completed 4 April 1991

      Capital:

       Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of

       government

      Administrative divisions:

       12 departments; Alibori, Atakora, Atlantique, Borgou, Collines,

       Kouffo, Donga, Littoral, Mono, Oueme, Plateau, Zou

      Independence:

       1 August 1960 (from France)

      National holiday:

       National Day, 1 August (1960)

      Constitution:

       December 1990

      Legal system:

       based on French civil law and customary law; has not accepted

       compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Mathieu KEREKOU (since 4 April 1996);

       note - the president is both the chief of state and head of

       government

       head of government: President Mathieu KEREKOU (since 4 April 1996);

       note - the president is both the chief of state and head of

       government

       cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president

       elections: president reelected by popular vote for a five-year term;

       runoff election held 22 March 2001 (next to be held NA March 2006)

       note: the four top-ranking contenders following the first-round

       presidential elections were: Mathieu KEREKOU (incumbent) 45.4%,

       Nicephore SOGOLO (former president) 27.1%, Adrien HOUNGBEDJI

       (National Assembly Speaker) 12.6%, and Bruno AMOUSSOU (Minister of

       State) 8.6%; the second-round balloting, originally scheduled for 18

       March 2001, was postponed four days because both SOGOLO and

       HOUNGBEDJI withdrew alleging electoral fraud; this left KEREKOU to

       run against his own Minister of State, AMOUSSOU, in what was termed

       a "friendly match"

       election results: Mathieu KEREKOU reelected president; percent of

       vote - Mathieu KEREKOU 84.1%, Bruno AMOUSSOU 15.9%

      Legislative branch:

       unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (83 seats;

       members are elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)

       election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -

       Presidential Movement 52, opposition (PRB, PRD, E'toile, and 5 other

       small parties) 31

       elections: last held 30 March 2003 (next to be held NA March 2007)

      Judicial branch:

       Constitutional Court or Cour Constitutionnelle; Supreme Court or

       Cour Supreme; High Court of Justice

      Political parties and leaders:

       African Congress for Renewal or DUNYA [Saka SALEY]; African

       Movement for Democracy and Progress or MADEP [Sefou FAGBOHOUN];

       Alliance of the Social Democratic Party or PSD [Bruno AMOUSSOU];

       Coalition of Democratic Forces [Gatien HOUNGBEDJI]; Democratic

       Renewal Party or PRD [Adrien HOUNGBEDJI]; Front for Renewal and

       Development or FARD-ALAFIA [Jerome Sakia KINA]; Impulse for Progress

       and Democracy or IPD [Bertin BORNA]; Key Force or FC [leader NA];

       Presidential Movement (UBF, MADEP, FC, IDP, and 4 other small

       parties); Renaissance Party du Benin or PRB [Nicephore SOGLO]; The

       Star Alliance (Alliance E'toile) [Sacca LAFIA]; Union of Tomorrow's

       Benin or UBF [Bruno AMOUSSOU]

       note: approximately 20 additional minor parties

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

       NA

      International organization participation:

       ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD,

       ICAO, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,

       Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUC,

       NAM, OIC, ONUB, OPCW, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD,

       UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNOCI, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCL, WCO,

       WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTO

      Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Cyrille Segbe OGUIN FAX: [1] (202) 265–1996 telephone: [1] (202) 232–6656 chancery: 2124 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008

      Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Wayne NEILL embassy: Rue Caporal Bernard Anani, Cotonou mailing address: 01 B. P. 2012, Cotonou telephone: [229] 30–06-50 FAX: [229] 30–06-70

      Flag description:

       two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and red with a vertical

       green band on the hoist side

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