Country presentation  

A West African country located on the Gulf of Guinea, Benin is bordered in the north by Burkina Faso and Niger, in the east by Nigeria and in the west by Togo. 
Its surface area is 115,762 km2. 

The political capital of Benin is Porto-Novo, while its economic capital is Cotonou. 
 

Cotonou
Avenue Jean-Paul II
P.O. Box: No. 325 RP
Telephone: (229) 21 36 46 00 / 21 31 24 66 / 21 31 24 67
Fax: (229) 21 31 24 65
Email: courrier.BDN@bceao.int

Parakou
P.O. Box: No. 201
Telephone: (229) 23 61 03 25/29
Fax: (229) 23 61 10 91