Benin is one of the smallest African states. It lies in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, to the south of Burkina Faso and Niger, between Togo on the west and Nigeria on the east.
贝宁是非洲最小的国家之一。它位于西非几内亚湾，布基纳法索和尼日尔以南，西部是多哥，东部是尼日利亚。
Benin used to be called Dahomey and was controlled and ruled by France from 1893 to 1960, when it became independent. In 1963 the army general Soglo overthrew the first president Maga. Soglo set up an army government and called himself head of state in 1965, but was overthrown and replaced by a civilian government in 1967. In December 1969 Benin had another change of power with the army again taking over. In May 1970, Maga and two other men set up a new government, with each of them acting as president in turn for two years. However, half a year after Maga turned over power to the second man Ahomadegbe, the three-man government was overthrown by the army once more and General Kerekou became president. In November 1975 Kerekou changed the name of the nation from Dahomey to Benin, Benin being the name of a 17th century kingdom covering the same place. Kerekou also announced that Benin would be a People’s Republic based on Marxism-Leninism.
贝宁曾被称为达荷美，从1893年至1960年独立之前，由法国控制。1963年，索格洛将军推翻了第一任总统马加。1965年成立军政府，并自称为国家元首，但1967年被推翻，由非军人政府取代。1969年12月，贝宁再次换届，军队再次接管。1970年5月，马加和另外两名男士成立新政府，三人轮流担任总统，任期两年。然而，在马加将权力移交给第二人阿霍马德贝半年后，三人政府再次被军队推翻，克雷库将军成为总统。1975年11月，克雷库将国家名称从达荷美改为贝宁，贝宁是一个覆盖同一地区的17世纪王国的名称。克雷库还宣布贝宁将是一个以马克思列宁主义为基础的人民共和国。
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