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Not officially, although many of the cultural aspects of the country are those of the Kingdom of Dahomey, the predecessor of the French colony (1892-1960). The country was the Republic of Dahomey from autonomy in 1958, through independence in 1960, until 1975 when it became the Republic of Benin.

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