BJ (Benin)

Property	Value
A standardized code according to an ISO standard, e.g. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 for regions. ISO code	BJ
Language-specific name. Monolingual name	Bénin (fr), Benin (en), 贝宁 (zh), Benin (de)
Language-specific short name. Monolingual short name	Bénin (fr), Benin (de), Benin (en), 贝宁 (zh)
The offical langauge of a country. Official language	fr
Language used in a country, beside the administrative languages. other language	fr
Continent a country belongs to. Part of	Africa

Regions

Region (controlled vocabulary)	A standardized code according to an ISO standard, e.g. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 for regions. ISO code	Language-specific name. Monolingual name
BJ-AL (Alibori Department)	BJ-AL	Alibori (de), Alibori (fr), Alibori Department (en), 阿黎博里省 (zh)
BJ-AQ (Atlantique Department)	BJ-AQ	Atlantique (de), Atlantique (fr), Atlantique Department (en), 大西洋省 (zh)
BJ-BO (Borgou Department)	BJ-BO	Borgou (de), Borgou (fr), Borgou Department (en), 博爾古省 (zh)
BJ-CO (Collines Department)	BJ-CO	Collines (de), Collines (fr), Collines Department (en), 丘陵省 (zh)
BJ-DO (Donga Department)	BJ-DO	Donga (de), Donga (fr), Donga Department (en), 峽谷省 (zh)
BJ-KO (Kouffo Department)	BJ-KO	Couffo (de), Couffo (fr), Kouffo Department (en), 庫福省 (zh)
BJ-LI (Littoral Department)	BJ-LI	Littoral (de), Littoral (fr), Littoral Department (en), 濱海省 (zh)
BJ-MO (Mono Department)	BJ-MO	Mono (de), Mono (fr), Mono Department (en), 莫諾省 (zh)
BJ-OU (Ouémé Department)	BJ-OU	Ouémé (de), Ouémé (fr), Ouémé Department (en), 韋梅省 (zh)
BJ-PL (Plateau Department)	BJ-PL	Plateau (de), Plateau (fr), Plateau Department (en), 高原省 (zh)
BJ-ZO (Zou Department)	BJ-ZO	Zou (de), Zou (fr), Zou Department (en), 祖省 (zh)

Legal forms

No legal forms maintained for Benin.

Identifiers

Identifier	Name	Registration authority
BJ_BRN (Business Registration Number)	Business Registration Number (fr) Business Registration Number (en)	Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Benin

Data quality rules

Data quality rule	Description	Criticality
Dummy post code detected (BJ)	Regular expression/Not available post code Regular expression/One digit multiplied several times post code Regular expression/Ordinal sequence of numbers Regular expression/Single digit post code Regular expression/Very long digits post code. This data quality rule checks whether the post code comprises dubious patterns that may render the record incorrect. The patterns, selected specifically for BJ (Benin) are the following: Regular expression/Mononumerical post code with delimeter	ERROR
Mandatory administrative area missing (Benin)	The administrative area (a top-level geographical or political area division in a country) is required (i.e. mandatory) for a complete physical touchpoint in Benin	INFO
Mandatory locality missing (Benin)	The locality is mandatory for street addresses in Benin.	ERROR
Mandatory thoroughfare missing (Benin)	The thoroughfare is mandatory for street addresses in Benin.	ERROR
Unallowed pattern in name detected (BJ)	Regular expression/Aggregated payments Regular expression/No new orders Regular expression/Do not use duplicates note Regular expression/Reference to other record Regular expression/No use note Regular expression/Reference to new record Regular expression/Reference the former name Regular expression/Long number in name Regular expression/Duplicate record note Regular expression/Deletion note Regular expression/Dummy record note Regular expression/Sequence of digits Regular expression/Unsorted keywords Regular expression/Length of name . This data quality rule checks whether the name comprises dubious patterns that may render the record incorrect. The patterns, selected specifically for BJ (Benin) are the following: Regular expression/One time vendor	WARNING

Data sources

No data sources maintained for Benin.

Banking metadata

Property	Value
Full metadata	Bank accounts in Benin
Local name of the national bank ID. Bank ID name	Code
The provider (national authorities in most cases) of the national bank ID. Bank ID provider	Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO)
Currency code for accounting in the given country. Currency code	CFA / XOF