State · 1958 – 1975
Republic of Dahomey
A state of 1958 – 1975 — 17 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced French Dahomey. It was replaced by People's Republic of Benin. The atlas records 9 things within it — people 9. Its line of rulers holds 11 people. Its own article says it was replaced.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 17 years
- 1958 – 1975
- Rulers
- 11
- the President of Dahomey
- Within it
- 9
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- French Dahomey · replaces
After it
- People's Republic of Benin · replaced by · 1975 – 1990
How it ended, as its article says
Replaced, 1975. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
In 1975, the country was renamed Benin after the Bight of Benin (which was in turn named after the Kingdom of Benin which had its seat of power in Benin City, modern-day Nigeria), since "Benin" was deemed politically neutral for all ethnic groups in the state, whereas "Dahomey" recalled the Fon-domi…
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
The line of President of Dahomey.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubert Maga | 1960 – 1963 | 3 years | exiled, imprisoned or confined, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Christophe Soglo | 1963 – 1964 | 1 year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Sourou-Migan Apithy | 1964 – 1965 | 1 year | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin | 1965 – 1965 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Tahirou Congacou | 1965 – 1965 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Christophe Soglo | 1965 – 1967 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Jean-Baptiste Hachème | 1967 – 1967 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Maurice Kouandété | 1967 – 1967 | under a year | served out the term, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Alphonse Alley | 1967 – 1968 | 1 year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Émile Derlin Zinsou | 1968 – 1969 | 1 year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Maurice Kouandété | 1969 – 1969 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Paul-Émile de Souza | 1969 – 1970 | 1 year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Hubert Maga | 1970 – 1972 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Mathieu Kérékou | 1972 – 1975 | 3 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone |
11 rulers, 11 with terms dated as terms, covering 1960 – 1975. Only 15 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 5 of 13 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 1.00, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
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coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of Dahomey (1958–1964) · Public domain 
flag, from 1959Flag of Benin · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19999 rows
- Hubert Maga · ruler · 1916 – 2000
- Sourou-Migan Apithy · ruler · 1913 – 1989
- Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin · ruler · 1917 – 2002
- Christophe Soglo · ruler · 1909 – 1983
- Émile Derlin Zinsou · ruler · 1918 – 2016
- Alphonse Alley · ruler · 1930 – 1987
- Tahirou Congacou · ruler · 1913 – 1993
- Maurice Kouandété · ruler · 1932 – 2003
and 1 more in the atlas.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood17 years
stood longer than 21% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record11
has more rulers on record than 83% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1948 – 1985, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1967, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q798431 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.