"The Anii communities are situated in mid-west Benin, in an area north of and including Bassila in the Sous-Prefecture of Bassila. All Anii villages are located in the districts of Bassila and Penessoulou. The Anii area is bordered to the north by Nago and Yom language groups, to the east by the Bariba language group, to the south by another group of Nago people, and to the west the area is defined by the Togo-Benin border, with Akpe villages being the closest neighbors west of the border."