Benin is located in Africa, in GMT+1 time zone (with current time of 05:01 PM, Saturday). Offset from your time zone: hours. It is positioned on 112620 km² area with population of approximately 9.1 million. Neighbor countries: Niger, Togo, Burkina Faso, Nigeria.
Capital of Benin is Porto-Novo.
| ↕ | Latitude (dec.) | Latitude (DMS) |
|---|---|---|
| North border | 12.4086111 | 12° 24' 31" North |
| South border | 6.2061001 | 6° 12' 21.96" North |
| Height ↕ | ∼689.7 km | |
| ↔ | West border | East border |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude (dec.) | 0.7765055 | 3.8433429 |
| Longitude (DMS) | 0° 46' 35.42" East | 3° 50' 36.034" East |
| Width ↔ | ∼336.5 km | |
Sources:
• Base of the used natural world map was created by Tom Patterson, cartographer.
• Boundary lines of Benin were drawn using data from boundaries.us.
• Geographic location: processed from www.geonames.org database.