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Togo
republic, sovereign state, country
Part ofWest Africa Edit
Year dem found am27 April 1960 Edit
Official nameTogo, Togo, République togolaise Edit
Native labelTogo Edit
Short name🇹🇬 Edit
Official languageFrench Edit
AnthemTerre de nos aïeux Edit
Cultureculture of Togo Edit
Motto textTravail, Liberté, Patrie, Work, Liberty, Homeland, Труд, свобода, Родина, Treball, llibertat, pàtria, Gwaith, rhyddid, mamwlad Edit
ContinentAfrica Edit
CountryTogo Edit
CapitalLomé Edit
Located in time zoneUTC±00:00, Africa/Lome Edit
Located in or next to body of waterAtlantic Ocean Edit
Located in/on physical featureWest Africa Edit
Coordinate location8°15′0″N 1°11′0″E Edit
Coordinates of easternmost point6°17′16″N 1°48′30″E Edit
Coordinates of northernmost point11°8′22″N 0°8′10″W Edit
Coordinates of southernmost point6°6′44″N 1°11′59″E Edit
Coordinates of westernmost point11°8′22″N 0°8′10″W Edit
Highest pointMount Agou Edit
Lowest pointBight of Benin Edit
Office held by head of statePresident of Togo Edit
State ein headFaure Essozimna Gnassingbé Edit
Office head of government holdPrime Minister Edit
Government ein headVictoire Dogbé Tomegah Edit
Executive bodyGovernment of Togo Edit
Legislative bodyNational Assembly Edit
Central bankCentral Bank of West African States Edit
Dey contain de administrative territorial entitySavanes Region, Kara Region, Centrale Region, Maritime, Plateaux Region Edit
CurrencyWest African CFA franc Edit
Dey share bother plusBurkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, Hohoe Edit
Driving sideright Edit
Electrical plug typeEuroplug Edit
Dey followFrench Togoland Edit
Studied inTogolese studies Edit
Dema official websitehttps://www.republicoftogo.com Edit
HashtagTogo Edit
Top-level Internet domain.tg Edit
FlagFlag of Togo Edit
Coat of armsEmblem of Togo Edit
Geography of topicgeography of Togo Edit
Get characteristicpartly free country Edit
History of topichistory of Togo Edit
Economy of topiceconomy of Togo Edit
Demographics of topicdemographics of Togo Edit
Mobile country code615 Edit
Country calling code+228 Edit
Emergency phone number118, 117, 171, 172 Edit
Licence plate codeTG Edit
Maritime identification digits671 Edit
Unicode character🇹🇬 Edit
Category for maps or plansCategory:Maps of Togo Edit
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Togo, alias de Togolese Republic (French: République togolaise), be sam country for West Africa insyd. wey edey share border plus Ghana to de west, Benin to de east plus Burkina Faso to de north.[1] Ebe one of de least developed countries plus edey extend south to de Gulf of Guinea, wer ein capital, Lomé, dey locate. Ebe sam small, tropical country, wey dey cover 56,785 square kilometres (22,000 square miles)[2] wey eget sam population of approximately 8 million,[3] wey get width of less den 115 km (71 mi) between Ghana den ein eastern neighbor Benin.[4][5]

Togo be tropical, sub-Saharan nation[1] wey ein economy dey depend mostly for agriculture top.[6] De official language be French,[6] buh dem dey speak oda languages, particularly those of de Gbe family. 47.8% of de population dey adhere to Christianity, wey dey make am de largest religion insyd de country.[7] Togo be member of de United Nations, African Union, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone, Francophonie, Commonwealth, den Economic Community of West African States.

Demographics

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Togo

According to de 2010 Census

Rank Name Region Pop.
Lomé

Sokodé

1 Lomé Maritime 1,477,658 Kara

Kpalimé

2 Sokodé Centrale 117,811
3 Kara Kara 94,878
4 Kpalimé Plateaux 75,084
5 Atakpamé Plateaux 69,261
6 Dapaong Savanes 58,071
7 Tsévié Maritime 54,474
8 Anié Plateaux 37,398
9 Notsé Plateaux 35,039
10 Cinkassé Savanes 26,926

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Republic of Togo". Islamic Development Bank. 18 November 1998. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Togo country profile". BBC News. 24 February 2020. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Togo country profile". BBC News. 24 February 2020. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX) ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Togo (Partner) – International Cultural Youth Exchange". International cultural youth exchange. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Togo", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 11 January 2023, archived from the original on 12 October 2023, retrieved 13 January 2023

Read further

  • Bullock, A L C, Germany's Colonial Demands (Oxford University Press, 1939).
  • Gründer, Horst, Geschichte der deutschen Kolonien, 3. Aufl. (Paderborn, 1995).
  • Mwakikagile, Godfrey, Military Coups in West Africa Since The Sixties (Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2001).
  • Packer, George, The Village of Waiting (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988).
  • Piot, Charles, Nostalgia for the Future: West Africa After the Cold War (University of Chicago Press, 2010).
  • Schnee, Dr. Heinrich, German Colonization, Past and Future – the Truth about the German Colonies (George Allen & Unwin, 1926).
  • Sebald, Peter, Togo 1884 bis 1914. Eine Geschichte der deutschen "Musterkolonie" auf der Grundlage amtlicher Quellen (Berlin, 1987).
  • Seely, Jennifer, The Legacies of Transition Governments in Africa: The Cases of Benin and Togo (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).
  • Zurstrassen, Bettina, "Ein Stück deutscher Erde schaffen". Koloniale Beamte in Togo 1884–1914 (Frankfurt/M., Campus, 2008) (Campus Forschung, 931).

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