Departments of Benin 474016 225577736 2008-07-14T11:47:13Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[bg:Административно деление на Бенин]] {{combi}} |[[Image:Benin departments.png|right|Departments of Benin]] |{{Politics of Benin}} |} [[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 <!--Categories--> [[Category:Departments of Benin| ]] [[Category:Lists of country subdivisions|Benin]] [[Category:First-level administrative country subdivisions]] <!--Other languages--> {{Articles on first-level administrative divisions of African countries}} [[bg:Административно деление на Бенин]] [[cs:Departementy Beninu]] [[es:Departamentos de Benín]] [[fr:Département du Bénin]] [[it:Dipartimenti del Benin]] [[nl:Departementen van Benin]] [[ja:ベナンの地方行政区分]] [[nrm:Département du Bénin]] [[pl:Podział administracyjny Beninu]] [[pt:Subdivisões do Benim]] [[ru:Административное деление Бенина]] [[sv:Benins departement]] [[tg:Вилоятҳои Бенин]]