Benin is a country in western Africa. It is a narrow country, extending about 420 miles (675 kilometers) north from the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the Niger River, which forms part of the northern border with Niger. Benin is bordered to the northwest by Burkina Faso, to the east by Nigeria, and to the west by Togo.
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