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Geography and Environment: Benin

Includes online maps, links to other map collections, flags, climate, weather, natural resources.

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 African & Middle Eastern Division,
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BIOTA-AFRICA (http://www.biota-africa.de/800/frames/biota-africa.htm)
Science: Environment: Forests and Rainforests. A German-supported transect study of the Biodiversity of West Africa (Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Benin), East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda), and Southern Africa (Namibia and South Africa.

Bienvenue sur Beninensis (http://www.beninensis.net)
In French. This site was provides a wealth of information on history, geography, politics, economy, education, health etc.

Global Gazetteer (http://www.fallingrain.com/world/)
Maps of towns and cities in Benin.

International Weather From WeatherHub (http://www.weatherhub.com/global/)
An English language home page providing links to sites offering international weather information by city.

L'Internet au Bénin et en Afrique (http://www.iafric.net/benin/)
In French. Websites from Benin on all subjects.

Maps.com (formerly Magellan Geographix) (http://www.maps.com/)
User may view samples of the wide variety of maps available as well as order maps or atlases, by downloading, or on CD-ROM or in hard copy.

Speak Fon/Fongbe (http://WWW.Geocities.com/fon%5Fis%5Ffun)
Designed to teach Fon or Fonghe the predominate language of southern Benin. It has maps with the names of towns in Benin, Togo and Niger.

Theodora.com: Flag of Benin (http://www.theodora.com/flags/benin%5Fflags.html)
Images in several sizes and links country facts.

UT library online, Perry-Castañeda (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html)
The University of Texas' Perry Castaneda Library Map collection here offers a variety of historical, geological and political maps of many countries.

WoYaa! - Benin (http://www.woyaaonline.com/)
In French and English. Under countries are many national and international websites on arts, business, geography, education, health, tourism etc.

World Flag Database (http://www.flags.net/contact.htm)
Historical information on the flag.

The World Time Server (http://www.worldtimeserver.com/)
Updated local time for major cities in the country.

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