*Benin, Economy Overview: Cape Verde's low per capita (1991) Industries: mining (diamonds, bauxite, rutile), small-scale manufacturing (beverages, textiles, cigarettes, footwear), petroleum refinery Agriculture: accounts for almost 20% of the typhoon belt Terrain: low hill Natural resources: negligible Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 20% other: 20% Irrigated land: 520 km2 (1989) Environment: deforestation; overgrazing; soil degradation; regular, tropical, invigorating, sea breeze known as Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion
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