Among its features is the Barre region, a wide clay, and while its official language is the French of its colonial past, the language of the Fon, its largest ethnic group, is also widely spoken.  
The nation's highest peak can be found in the Atakora Mountains which lie in its northwest, while its longest river, the Ouseme, runs 280 miles before it reaches the Lagoon near the nation's capital.  Among its features is the Barre region, a wide clay, and while its official language is the French of its colonial past, the language of the Fon, its largest ethnic group, is also widely spoken.  FTP, name this African nation once known as Dahomey and bordered by Burkina Faso, Niger, Togo, and Nigeria, with its capital at Porto-Novo.
The nation's highest peak can be found in the Atakora Mountains which lie in its northwest, while its longest river, the Ouseme, runs 280 miles before it reaches the Lagoon near the nation's capital.  
Benin