Departments of Benin
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[[Benin]] is divided into 12 [[Department (subnational entity)|departments]] (French: ''départements''), and subdivided into 77 [[commune (subnational entity)|commune]]s. In [[1999]], the previous six departments were each split into two halves, forming the current 12. The new six departments have not been assigned a capital yet.
#[[Alibori Department|Alibori]]*
#[[Atakora Department|Atakora]]
#[[Atlantique Department|Atlantique]]
#[[Borgou Department|Borgou]]
#[[Collines Department|Collines]]*
#[[Donga Department|Donga]]*
#[[Kouffo Department|Kouffo]]*
#[[Littoral Department|Littoral]]*
#[[Mono Department|Mono]]
#[[Ouémé Department|Ouémé]]
#[[Plateau Department|Plateau]]*
#[[Zou Department|Zou]]
<small><nowiki>*</nowiki>Formed in 1999</small>
==See also==
*[[Communes of Benin]]
*[[ISO 3166-2:BJ]], the [[International Organization for Standardization | ISO]] codes for the departments of Benin.
==References==
* {{statoids|id=ubj|title=Departments of Benin}}
* {{fr icon}} http://www.ambassade-benin.org/article20.html
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