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LOCATION AND SIZE. Benin is a slim, rectangular country situated in West Africa. Benin has a narrow 100-kilometer (62-mile) coastline along the Bight of Benin, in the Atlantic Ocean.The country is bordered to the west by Nigeria, to the north by Niger and Burkina Faso, and to the east by Togo.enin has a land area of 112,622 square kilometers (42,985 square miles), making it slightly smaller than the state of Pennsylvania. Both the capital, Porto-Novo, and Cotonou, the largest city, are located on the coast in the southeast of the country.
The Benin plateaus, four in number, are to be found in the environs of Abomey, KÃ©tou, AplahouÃ© (or ParahouÃ©), and Zagnanado. The plateaus consist of clays on a crystalline base. The Abomey, AplahouÃ©, and Zagnanado plateaus are from 300 to 750 feet high, and the KÃ©tou plateau is up to 500 feet in height.