Benin

Native Name: Bénin

Region: Africa

Capital: Porto-Novo

Currencies: West African CFA franc (Fr)

Population: 12,123,198

Sub Region: Western Africa

Top Level Domain: .bj

Languages: French

Border Countries:

Togo

Burkina Faso

Niger

Nigeria

The flag of Benin features a green vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about two-fifth the width of the field and two equal horizontal bands of yellow and red adjoining the vertical band.