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| − | |Located in Region=Western Africa | + | |Located in Region= |
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| − | |Geolocation=9.5, 2.25
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| − | |Riparian Population=10160556 | + | |Description= |
| − | |Description=Benin is located in Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo. | + | |
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| − | ==Drinking Water and Sanitation==
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| − | While more than half of the population has access to improved drinking water, there are still communities that lack access to improved water sources. A larger portion of the rural population lacks improved water access. (30.9% of the rural population was estimated to be using unimproved water vs. 15.5% of urban population in 2012). A larger portion of the population has access to improved drinking water than improved sanitation (76.1 vs. 14.3).85.7% of the population does not have access to improved sanitation facilities (which include flush or pour-flush toilets connected to a piped sewer system, septic tank or pit latrine; ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine; pit latrine with slab; or composting toilet) (2012 estimate).<ref name=WorldFactbook>The World Factbook 2013-14. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2013. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html from entry for Benin accessed August 2014 from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bn.html</ref>
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| − | |Agreement={{Link Agreement |Agreement=Convention creating the Niger Basin Authority}}{{Link Agreement |Agreement=Convention on the status of the Volta River and the Establishment of Volta Basin Authority}}{{Link Agreement |Agreement=Agreement concerning the River Niger Commission and the navigation and transport on the River Niger}}{{Link Agreement |Agreement=Memorandum of Understanding to establish a Volta Basin Authority }}{{Link Agreement |Agreement=Revised convention pertaining to the creation of the Niger Basin Authority, signed at N'Djamena}}{{Link Agreement |Agreement=African convention on the conservation of nature and natural resources}} | + | |Water Project= |
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