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Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile du Bénin

civil aviation authority of Benin

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ13358809 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile du Bénin (ANAC BENIN), in English the Benin National Civil Aviation Agency, is the civil aviation authority of Benin. The agency has its head office in Cotonou.

ANAC Benin was created by decree N°2004-598 of 29 October 2004, replacing the Direction de l'Aviation Civil (Directorate of Civil Aviation).

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The public source identifies “Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile du Bénin” as civil aviation authority of Benin. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Agence, Nationale and l'Aviation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2004—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Agence, Nationale and l'Aviation providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile du Bénin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.