ocr: BENINDO NIGER Official Name: Republic ofBenin SIN E Capital: Porto-Novo Population: 4.9 million - Currency: CF A franc Official Language: French Kandi BENINLIES SANDWICHED BETWEEN Togo and Nigeria on the West African coast. It. stretches north from a 62-mile shoreline the Bight of Benin up to its borders with Natitingou à oni Burkina and Niger. Formerly the kingdom of 1 Dahomey, Benin became a French protectorate and then a part of colonial French West Africa. It achieved: independence in 1960 and was renamed 2 Parakou Benin: in1975.In1990, Benin became one of the pioneers of. African multipar ...