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Ganvie, Lake Village, Lake Nokoué, Benin, Benin
Benin flag
901
Records
11
Datasets
35
Tables
11
Sources
164
SEL Fields
57
CCL Fields
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📋 Most recent national census: 2013. Included in HERA.
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Datasets (11)
SEL — DGIWG Statistical Extent Location SEL+ — Platform extension (not in DGIWG core spec) CCL — DGIWG Cultural Context Location Extension — Preserved in extension tables (not in core SEL/CCL schema) Pending — Awaiting mapping

4 further sources (Afrobarometer, Ethnic Power Relations Dataset, GI-TOC / ENACT, Global Data Lab) are held but not offered: their licences do not permit commercial redistribution. HERA cites their published findings with attribution and can supply the data to organisations holding their own licence — ask us.

BEN World Bank Open Data BEN-WORLD_BANK Development Indicators
198 rows · 3 tables · 2024 World Bank Open Data 0 1 2 3 19 SEL 4 ext ▶
BEN USAID DHS Program BEN-DHS Health Surveys
130 rows · 2 tables · 2017 USAID DHS Program 0 1 2 3 6 SEL 3 CCL 10 ext ▶
BEN HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) BEN-COD_PS Census Derived Population
90 rows · 3 tables · 2024 HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) 0 1 2 3 15 SEL ▶
BEN UNHCR Refugee Data Finder BEN-UNHCR Migration
84 rows · 2 tables · 2025 UNHCR Refugee Data Finder 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 36 ext ▶
BEN Glottolog Language Catalog BEN-GLOTTOLOG Language
57 rows · 1 table · 2024 Glottolog Language Catalog 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 4 ext ▶
BEN LandScan Global (ORNL) BEN-LANDSCAN Modeled Population
37 rows · 3 tables · 2024 LandScan Global (ORNL) 0 1 2 3 Locality 21 SEL 2 ext ▶
BEN GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) BEN-GHSL_UCDB Modeled Population
24 rows · 1 table · 2025 GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) 0 1 2 3 Locality 3 SEL 7 ext ▶
BEN OpenFactBook BEN-OPENFACTBOOK Country Profile
15 rows · 15 tables · 2024 OpenFactBook 0 1 2 3 94 SEL 3 CCL 582 ext ▶
BEN D-PLACE BEN-DPLACE Ethnographic Societies
12 rows · 2 tables · 2024 D-PLACE 0 1 2 3 2 SEL 15 CCL 55 ext ▶
BEN NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) BEN-NGA_GNS Language
5 rows · 2 tables · 2026 NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) 0 1 2 3 4 SEL 12 CCL 20 ext ▶
BEN INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) BEN-INFORM Risk Index
1 row · 1 table · 2026 INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) 0 1 2 3 ▶
Toponymic Footprint 6,579 place names from NGA GNS

Which languages name the landscape here, and in which writing systems. A language's toponymic footprint and its speaker population are different measures and often diverge. Counts include variant and foreign-language renderings of the same place, so a language can rank high because outside sources record names in it rather than because it is spoken locally — and a widely spoken language can be almost absent where official naming is in another language.

LanguagePlace names Share*Script
English (eng) 5 55.6% —
French (fra) 2 22.2% —
Spanish (spa) 1 11.1% —
German (deu) 1 11.1% —

5,299 distinct features · 4 languages · 0 scripts · 2 conventional English names
Source: NGA GEOnet Names Server (public domain) · rebuilt Wed, 05 Aug 2026.
* Shares are of the 9 names that carry a language code; the remaining 6,570 of 6,579 are unattributed, so these percentages do not divide into the headline count. Names follow the US/BGN convention.

Data Sources (11)

The data providers this country's datasets are sourced from — each links out to the provider.

SourceTypeAccess
HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) international_organization bulk_download
World Bank Open Data international_organization api
D-PLACE (Database of Places, Language, Culture & Environment) academic bulk_download
INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) international_organization api
Glottolog Language Catalog academic bulk_download
UNHCR Refugee Data Finder (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) international_organization api
USAID DHS Program (US Agency for International Development · Demographic and Health Surveys) international_organization api
NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) official_government bulk_download
GHS Urban Centre Database (Global Human Settlement · EU Joint Research Centre) international_organization bulk_download
LandScan Global (ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory) research_institution earth_engine
OpenFactBook community_compilation bulk_download

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