Benin

**Benin**,e le **Republic of Benin** semmuso ke lefatshe le le mo West Africa.Pele le ne le itsiwe ka **Dahomey**.Le bapile le Togo kwa bophirima,Nigeria go ya kwa botlhaba,Burkina Faso kwa bokone-bophirima,le Niger kwa bokone-botlhaba.Bontsi jwa batho ba lone ba nna mo lotshitshing lo lo kwa borwa jwa Bight of Benin, karolo ya Gulf of Guinea mo karolong e e kwa bokone thata jwa Atlantic Ocean.Motsemogolo ke Porto-Novo,mme seat of the government se kwa Cotonou,motse  o o nang le batho ba bantsi le itsholelo.Benin o akaretsa lefelo la 112,622 km^2(43,484 sq mi), mme palo ya batho ya lone e ne e fopholodiwa go nna dimilione di le lesome le boraro ka ngwaga wa 2021.Ke lefatshe la tropical le le nang le itsholelo ee ikaegileng thata ka agriculture gape le romela ko ntle palm oil le cotton.

Go tloga ka lekgola la bo lesome le bosupa  la dingwaga go ya go la bo lesome le borobaongwe  la dingwaga,ditheo tsa dipolotiki mo motlheng oo di ne di akaretsa Kingdom of Dahomey,toropo  ya Porto Novo,le dinaga tse dingwe tse di kwa bokone.Kgaole e e ne ya bidiwa Slave Coast of West Africa go tloga kwa tshimologong ya lekgolo la bo17 la dingwaga ka ntlha ya palo ee kwa godimo ya batho ba ba neng ba rekisiwale go rekisiwa ka nako ya Atlantic Slave trade go ya kwa Lefatsheng le Lesha.France e ne ya tsaya kgaolo e ka ngwaga wa 1984,ya e tsenya mo French West Africa e le French Dahomey.Ka 1960,Dahomey o ne a tsaya boipuso ka botlalo mo Fora.Jaaka lefatshe e le sovereign state, Benin o nnile le demogratic governments,military coups, le military governments.Puso e e neng e itlhalosa ya ba Marxist-Leninist state e e neng e bidiwa People's Republic of Benin e e neng e le teng fa gare ga 1975 le 1990.Ka ngwaga wa 1991, e ene ya emisediwa ka multi-party Republic of Benin.

Sefora ke Official language ya Benin,e na le dipuo tsa tlholego di akaretsa Fon,Briba,Yoruba le Dendi tse di neng di buiwa.Setlhopa sa kereke se se tona mo Benin ke Christianity ka (52.2%),e latelelwa ke Islam ka (24.6%) le African Traditional Religion ka (17.9%).Benin ke mongwe wa United States,African Union,Economic Community of west African States,Organisation of Islamic Operation,South Atlantic Peace and Coperation zone,Francophonie,Community of Sahel-Saharan States,African Petroleum  Producers Association le Niger Basin Authority.

## Etymology
Ka nako ya molao wa bobusi jwa Fora le morago ga Boipuso ka ngwaga wa 1960 kgwedi ya Phatwe e hlola gangwe,lefatshe le ne la bidiwa Dahomey,morago ga Kingdom of Dahomey.Ka ngwaga wa 1975 kgwedi e le ya ngwanatsele a hlola malatsi a le masome a mararo,go latelela Marxist-lenninist military coup,lefatshe le ne la bidiwa Benin,morago ga Bight of Benin,mo go kgaoganyang lefatshe ,ka ntlha ya ga Dahomey ka o ne a ikgolagantse le batho ba puo ya Fon ba ba tsereng bonthla bongwe jwa borwa jwa lefatshe.Bight e tsaya leina leina la lone go tswa Kingdom of Benin,le le mo Nigeria mo bo gompienong.

## Tsa Pele
Pre-colonial

Pele ga 1600,Benin o ne a akaretsa ditsela tse di farologaneng tsa polotiki le merafe.Se se ne se akaretsa city-states go bapa le lebopo(segolo jang morafe wa Aja le Yoruba le batho ba Gbe) le dikgaolo tse di kwa teng ga naga(tse di naleng batho ba Bariba,Mahi,Gedevi,le batho ba Kaybye).Batho ba Oyo Empire ba ba bonwang  thata segolo jang mo botlhaba jwa Benin,e ne e le bone maatla a sesole mo kgaolong ba dira  diphoso le tlotla e e tlhomameng go tswa mo babusing ba mabopo le dikgaolo tsa merafe.Seemo se ne sa fetoga ka dingwaga tsa bo lekgolo la bo 17 le la bo 18 e nna Kingdom of Dahomey,e e neng e nale Fon people ka bontsi ba ba neng ba fitlhelwa mo sebopiweng sa Abomey ba bo ba simolola go nna mo mafelong a a babileng le lebopo.Ka 1727,kgosi Agaja wa Kingdom of Dahomey  o ne a gapile ditoropo tse di fa lotshitshing jwa lewatle la Allada le Whyda.Dahomey e ne ya nna mogogi wa Oyo Empire,a gaisana mme o ne a seka a tlhasela ka tlhamalalo Oyo-allied city-state ya Poto-Novo.Go tlhatlhoga ga Dahomey ,go gaisana le Porto-Novo le dipolotiki tse di kwa teng mo kgaolong ya bokone go ne ga itlama  mo dipakeng tsa boloni le morago ga bokoloni.

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