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Benin's economy is chiefly based on agriculture. Cotton accounts for 40% of GDP and roughly 80% of official export receipts. There ... is production of textiles, palm products, and cocoa. Corn, beans, rice, peanuts, cashews, pineapples, cassava, yams, and other various tubers are grown for local subsistence. Benin began producing a modest quantity of offshore oil in October 1982. Production ceased in recent years but exploration of new sites is ongoing.
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Benin is situated in West Africa. It has land borders to the north by Niger, on the west by Togo, and on the northwest by Burkina Faso. The Abomey kingdom of the Dahomey, or Fon, peoples was established in 1625. A rich cultural life flourished, and Dahomey's wooden masks, bronze statues, tapestries, and pottery are world renowned. One of the smallest and most densely populated regions in Africa, Dahomey was annexed by the French in 1893 and incorporated into French West Africa in 1904. It became an autonomous republic within the French Community in 1958, and on Aug. 1, 1960, Dahomey was granted its independence within the Community.
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A new project (and outgrowth of an earlier water quality project outlined below) started in the summer of 2006 is the development of a MODFLOW and SEAWAT model of salt-water intrusion to the water supply wells for Cotonou, Benin. This work involves close working collaboration between undergraduates at Notre Dame and second-degree graduate students from Benin.
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This memorial head belongs to an exceptional class of Benin bronze heads, designated "rolled-collar" heads. The head is represented wearing an elaborate cap and collar made from coral beads. Strands of coral beads are ... depicted descending from either side of the cap. Precious materials such as brass, coral and ivory were royal prerogatives which also symbolized the power and purity of the ruler.
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Vietnam earned a total of US$7.76 million from exports to Benin in the first six months of this year, a sharp increase compared to the figure of US$6.1 million for 2006, according to Vietnamese Trade Office. Garments and textiles products are the key export items with export turnover in the first half of this year reaching over US$5.2 million, followed by tobacco, over US$2.2 million. Other export items include wood and wooden products, plastic products, footwear and bags, among others. During the period, Vietnam ... imported US$2.67 million worth of products from Benin, higher than the figure of US$2.2 million of import turnover for the whole year last year. [Nhan Dan 20/08/07]
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The SEC said Titan had been seeking a four-fold increase in the fees it charged the Benin government for managing a telephone network in the country at the time it made the illegal payment. The company was awarded the huge increase in fees, which it had demanded shortly after the election.
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