Africa · DX entity · DXCC 416

Benin

Benin is a DX entity in Africa, in CQ zone 35 and ITU zone 46. Its primary prefix is TY.

Flag of Benin.

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Figure 1. Benin and its departments, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.006511 degrees, about 725 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 9.3° N 2.3° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	416
Name in the ADIF standard	BENIN
Continent	Africa
Primary prefix	TY
CQ zone	35
ITU zone	46

Prefixes

TY is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Benin.

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Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.