Benin

Key facts

Land borders (4)

• Burkina Faso
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Togo

Benin in the game

Every puzzle gives three claims that exactly one country satisfies. Benin is a deep cut — answers this obscure only show up in hard puzzles. These are the 19 claims from the pool that are true of Benin, rarest first — the fewer countries share a claim, the harder it works for you on the board.

• Its capital city's name begins with “P”1 of 17
• Its name begins with “B”1 of 17
• Its currency is called the franc1 of 22
• Has French as an official language1 of 27
• Its capital is not its largest city1 of 36
• Has no point higher than 1,000 m above sea level1 of 41
• Is in Africa1 of 54
• Its name has 6 letters or fewer1 of 67
• Its flag contains green1 of 83
• Its flag contains yellow or gold1 of 85
• Borders more than 2 countries1 of 111
• Has exactly one official language1 of 130
• Drives on the right1 of 141
• Has an area smaller than 500,000 km²1 of 144
• Lies entirely in the Northern Hemisphere1 of 147
• Has a coastline1 of 151
• Its flag contains red1 of 152
• Does not have a monarch as head of state1 of 153
• Lies within a single time zone1 of 177