Benin: tana ɗaya daga cikin. ƙasashen yammacin Afrika, kuma ita ƙaramar ƙasa ce, da can ana cimata dukome , a shekara ta 1894 ƙasar faransa ta mamaye ta har zuwa shekara ta 1960 sannan ta samu ƴancin kanta. Benin ta yi iyaka da ƙasashe huɗu su ne; daga, gabacin ta Najeriya, daga yammacin ta Togo, daga arewacin ta Nijar, daga arewa maso yammaci ta burkina faso, Benin ƙasa ce me tsawo daga kudanci zuwa arewaci (650 )km , kuma tsawanta daga gabance, zuwa yammace ( 110 ) km, harshen Faransanci shi ne yaren ƙasar, tana da yawan mutane kimanin (4,418,000 ) a shekara ta 1988, babban birnin ta Cotonou yawan mutanen ta sun kai (1050) , Benin tana da yaruka masu ɗinbun yawa ( fun, adja buriya hausa dande ) da suran su.