The Departments of Benin reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

Departments of Benin

Benin is subdivided into 12 departementss. In 1999 the previous 6 departements were each split into two halves to form the current 12. The new 6 departements haven't been assigned a capital yet.

1. Alibori¹
2. Atakora
3. Atlantique
4. Borgou
5. Collines¹
6. Donga¹
7. Kouffo¹
8. Littoral¹
9. Mono
10. Oueme
11. Plateau¹
12. Zou

¹ newly formed in 1999

This is the "Departments of Benin" reference article from the English Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. See also our Disclaimer.