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What provinces does Benin (the name of a country) have?

Benin can be divided into four levels: province, county (city), town and village, with 12 provinces and 77 counties (cities) (67 counties and 10 cities). The names of the 12 provinces are: Maritime, Atlantic, Oueme, Mono, Kufu, Plateau, Zu, Hills, Canyons, Borgu, Aribori, Atacola.

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Benin’s full name is the Republic of Benin. It is a country located in south-central West Africa. Its old name is Dahomey, a former French colony. Benin borders the Gulf of Guinea to the south, Nigeria to the east, Niger to the north, Burkina Faso to the northwest, and Togo to the west, with a coastline of 125 kilometers. The whole territory is long and narrow in the north and south, narrow in the south and wide in the north. The southern coast is a plain about 100 kilometers wide. The central part is an undulating plateau with an altitude of 200-400 meters. Mount Atakola in the northwest is 641 meters above sea level, the highest point in the country.