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Lokossa is an ___MASK17___ , ___MASK86___ , and the capital city of Mono Department in Benin . The name Lokossa translates into English as " underneath the iroko tree ". Burkina Faso is a ___MASK70___ in Africa around in ___MASK24___ . It is surrounded by ___MASK60___ countries : Mali to the north ; Niger to the east ; Benin to the southeast ; Togo and Ghana to the south ; and Ivory Coast to the southwest . Its ___MASK30___ is Ouagadougou . In 2014 its population was estimated at just over 17 . 3 million . Burkina Faso is a francophone country and French is an official language of ___MASK95___ and business . Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta , the country was renamed " Burkina Faso " on 4 August 1984 by then - President Thomas Sankara . Residents of Burkina Faso are known as " Burkinabé ". Porto - Novo ( also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe ) is the ___MASK30___ of Benin , and was the ___MASK30___ of French Dahomey . The ___MASK86___ covers an area of and as of 2002 had a population of 223 , 552 people . Cotonou , formerly Kutonu , is the largest ___MASK40___ and economic centre of Benin . Kouffo is one of the twelve departments of Benin . Kouffo borders the ___MASK74___ of Togo and it also borders the departments of Mono , Zou , and Atlantique . Since 2008 , the ___MASK30___ is Aplahoué . The département of Kouffo was created in 1999 when it was split off from Mono ___MASK31___ . The ___MASK83___ of Guinea is the northeasternmost ___MASK53___ of the tropical Atlantic Ocean between Cape Lopez in Gabon , north and west to Cape Three Points in Western region Ghana . The intersection of the Equator and Prime ___MASK75___ ( zero degrees latitude and longitude ) is in the gulf . The ___MASK28___ of Benin or ___MASK71___ of Benin is a bight in the Gulf of Guinea area on the western African coast . ___MASK85___ is the cultivation and breeding of animals , plants and fungi for ___MASK34___ , fiber , biofuel , medicinal plants and other products used to sustain and enhance human life . ___MASK85___ was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization , whereby farming of domesticated species created ___MASK34___ surpluses that nurtured the development of civilization . The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science . The ___MASK20___ of agriculture dates back thousands of years , and its development has been driven and defined by greatly different climates , cultures , and technologies . Industrial agriculture based on large - scale monoculture farming has become the dominant agricultural methodology . The ___MASK63___ of ___MASK95___ is ( as defined by " Brewer ' s Politics ") " the building , complex of buildings or the city from which a ___MASK95___ exercises its authority ". West Africa , also called Western Africa and the West of Africa , is the westernmost ___MASK44___ of Africa . West Africa has been defined as including 18 countries : Benin , Burkina Faso , the island nation of Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea - Bissau , Ivory Coast , Liberia , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , Nigeria , the island of Saint Helena , Senegal , Sierra Leone , São Tomé and Príncipe and Togo . Niger ( or ), officially the ___MASK48___ of Niger , is a landlocked country in Western Africa , named after the Niger ___MASK92___ . Niger is bordered by Libya to the northeast , Chad to the east , Nigeria and Benin to the south , Burkina Faso and Mali to the west , and Algeria to the northwest . Niger covers a land area of almost 1 , 270 , 000 km , making it the largest country in West Africa , with over 80 percent of its land area covered by the Sahara Desert . The country ' s predominantly Islamic population of about 19 million is mostly clustered in the far south and west of the country . The capital city is Niamey , located in the far - southwest corner of Niger . The Federal ___MASK48___ of Nigeria , commonly referred to as Nigeria , is a federal ___MASK48___ in West Africa , bordering Benin in the west , Chad and Cameroon in the east , and Niger in the north . Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean . It comprises 36 states and the Federal ___MASK30___ Territory , where the ___MASK30___ , Abuja is located . Its largest cities include : Lagos , Kano , Ibadan , Benin City and Port Harcourt . Nigeria is officially a democratic secular country . Benin ( or -; ), officially the ___MASK48___ of Benin and formerly Dahomey , is a country in West Africa . It is bordered by Togo to the west , Nigeria to the east , and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north . A majority of the population live on its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin , part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean . The ___MASK30___ of Benin is Porto - Novo , but the seat of ___MASK95___ is in Cotonou , the country ' s largest city and economic ___MASK30___ . Benin covers an area of 114 , 763 square kilometers and its population in 2015 was estimated to be approximately 10 . 88 million . Benin is a tropical , sub - Saharan nation , highly dependent on agriculture , with substantial employment and income arising from subsistence farming . Aplahoué is a ___MASK46___ and ___MASK17___ located in the Kouffo ___MASK3___ . The commune covers an area of 572 square kilometres and as of 2013 had a population of 170 , 069 people . Village of Mr . Basile G . Sossou . The Atlantic ___MASK54___ is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s ___MASK33___ and about 29 percent of its ___MASK10___ ___MASK33___ area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". Togo , officially the Togolese ___MASK48___ , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west , Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north . It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea , where its ___MASK30___ Lomé is located . Togo covers , making it one of the smallest countries in Africa , with a population of approximately 7 . 5 million . Mono is one of the twelve departments of Benin . The ___MASK30___ of Mono is Lokossa . The Gen language is only spoken in this ___MASK31___ in Benin . Other languages spoken in this area are Ewe and some of the Phla -- Pherá languages The département of Mono lost its northern territory in 1999 when it split off to become Kouffo ___MASK31___ .