Complex sentence: Benin City, a city (2006 est. pop.1,147,188) and capital of Edo State, southern Nigeria, is a city approximately twenty-five miles North of the Benin River.
Split into simpler sentences: Benin City, is a city (2006 est. pop.1,147,188) and the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria. It is a city approximately twenty-five miles North of the Benin River.