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Key Facts
Climate
tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north
Coastline
121 km
Government type
presidential republic
Languages
55 languages; French (official); Fon (a Gbe language), Yom (a Gur language) and Yoruba are the most important indigenous languages in the south; half a dozen regionally important languages in the nort...
Natural resources
small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber
Terrain
mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains