!!!Benin: Geography ||Location|Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo ||Geographic Coordinates|9 30 N, 2 15 E[{GoogleMap location='9.5,2.25' zoom='4'}] ||Area |''total: ''112,622 sq km\\''land: ''110,622 sq km\\''water: ''2,000 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 112622\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 112622\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 112620\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 112620\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 114763\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 112622''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] ||Land boundaries|''total: ''2,123 km\\''border countries: ''Burkina Faso 386 km, Niger 277 km, Nigeria 809 km, Togo 651 km ||Coastline|121 km ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Atlantic Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Mont Sokbaro 658 m ||Highest Mountains| ||Terrain|mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains ||Natural Hazards|hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north from December to March ||Natural Resource|small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber ||Land Use|''arable land: ''22.48%\\''permanent crops: ''2.61%\\''other: ''74.9% (2011) ||Climate|tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north ||Irrigated Land|230.4 sq km (2008) ||Renewable Water Resources|26.39 cu km (2011) ||Environment_CurrentIssues|inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching threatens wildlife populations; deforestation; desertification ||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements ||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Cotonou; Abomey-Calavi; Porto Novo; Djougou; Parakou\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Cotonou; Abomey-Calavi; Djougou; Porto-Novo; Parakou\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/Africa/Benin/Geography/Important_Cities] ||Geography-note|sandbanks create difficult access to a coast with no natural harbors, river mouths, or islands