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The area is 112,600 sq. km, and the population, in 1965, 2.37m. The seat of government is Porto Novo (74,500 inhabitants); the chief port and business centre is Cotonou (111,000); other important towns are Abomey (42,100), Ouidah (19,600) and Parakou (16,300).
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French Ambassador: L. F. Delamare.
British Ambassador and Consul-General: F. Smitherman, MBE (resides at Lomé).
Ambassador to UK: Michel Ahouanmenou.
Ambassador to USA: Wilfred de Souza.
USA Ambassador: Matthew Looram, Jr.
Bulletin statistique du Dahomey. Porto-Novo. (Monthly)
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Paxton, J. (1971). Dahomey. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271005_75
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