Sentence examples for state of benin from inspiring English sources

Idrissou farms close to the town of Tchaourou, about 25 miles south of Parakou, the heart of cotton country in the west African state of Benin.

She was young and wildly energetic, she looked tremendous, and she seemed destined to place the west African state of Benin firmly on the world-music map.

The government has been forced to defend Mathilde Edey Gamassou, 17, whose grandfather is from the west African state of Benin.

The suspects included a man from the West African state of Benin, another from the Indian Ocean Comoros islands and four French nationals, the reports said.

It came just days after an older Boeing 727 plunged into the sea on Christmas Day after takeoff in the tiny West African state of Benin, killing 139 people.

Notable in the south were the Yoruba states of Ife and Oyo, the Edo state of Benin, the Itsekiri state of Warri, the Efik state of Calabar, and the Ijo (Ijaw) city-states of Nembe, Elem Kalabari, Bonny, and Okrika.

…Institute of Nigeria, and the University of Benin (founded 1970) are located at Benin City, while a state university (founded 1981) is at Ekpoma.

The Nigerian Institute of Oil Palm Research, the Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria, and the University of Benin (founded 1970) are located at Benin City, while a state university (founded 1981) is at Ekpoma.

Thus, Aklampa in Glazoué District, was selected for the Centre of Benin, Bonhanrou (District of Banikoara) for the Northeast-Benin, and Batia (in Tanguieta District) for the Northwest-Benin (cf. Figure 2).

The study is based on a meta-analysis of 12 case studies (Benin, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Kazakhstan, Mozambique, Namibia, Uganda), mainly from developing and emerging countries and one developed country.

A CENTURY ago the Benin bronze heads, along with intricately carved ivory tusks, adorned ancestral altars in the palace of the King of Benin, or "Oba".