Flag Benin
Flag Benin 1500x900mm Flag Stock Code: benin/l |
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Flag Benin 900x600mm Flag Stock Code: benin/m |
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$16.28Prices include GST |
Hand-waver Benin 450x300mm (One only) Flag Stock Code: benin/hw |
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$12.09Prices include GST |
Handwaver Child Benin 225x150mm (One only) Flag Stock Code: benin/hc |
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$7.04Prices include GST |
Desk Flag Benin 150x100mm (One only) Flag Stock Code: benin/df |
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$7.26Prices include GST |
String 30 Benin 230x150mm Flag Stock Code: benin/sf30 |
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$66.77Prices include GST |
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Benin Description & General Information
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Present day Benin was the site of Dahomey, a prominent West African kingdom that rose in the 15th century. The territory became a French Colony in 1872 and achieved independence on 1 August 1960, as the Republic of Benin. A succession of military governments ended in 1972 with the rise to power of Mathieu KEREKOU and the establishment of a government based on Marxist-Leninist principles. A move to representative government began in 1989. Two years later, free elections ushered in former Prime Minister Nicephore SOGLO as president, marking the first successful transfer of power in Africa from a dictatorship to a democracy. KEREKOU was returned to power by elections held in 1996 and 2001, though some irregularities were alleged. |
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two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and red (bottom) with a vertical green band on the hoist side |
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Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government |
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republic under multiparty democratic rule; dropped Marxism-Leninism December 1989 |