Flag Description Five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; there is a white five-pointed star on a red square in the upper hoist-side corner; uses the popular pan-african colors of ethiopia.Currency Communaute financiere africaine franc. Note: The responsible authority is the central bank of the west african states. Astronomy Today's date is November 8, 2009. There is currently a Full Moon. Location Western africa, bordering the bight of benin, between benin and ghana. Climate Tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north. Terrain Gently rolling savanna in north; central hills; southern plateau; low coastal plain with extensive lagoons and marshes. Elevation Extremes The lowest point is at Atlantic Ocean 0 m. The highest point is at Mont Agou 986 m. |