Togo
Togo (/ˈtoʊɡoʊ/ (
listen)), kent offeecially as the Togolese Republic, , is a kintra in wast Africae maircht wastlins bi Ghana, eastlins bi Benin an norlins bi Burkina Faso. It stends sooth tae the Gulf o Guinea, on whilk the caipital Lomé is locatit. Togo kivers an aurie o thareaboot 57000 km2 (22,000 sq mi) wi a population o thareaboot 6.7 million. Togo is a tropical, sub-Saharan naition, heichlie dependent on agricultur, wi a climate that provides guid growin saisons. While the offeecial leid is French, there mony ither leids spoken in Togo, parteicular Gbe family leids. The lairgest releegious group in Togo is thaim wi indigenous beliefs, but there significant Christian an Muslim minorities. Togo is a memmer o the Unitit Naitions, African Union, Organisation o the Islamic Conference, Sooth Atlantic Peace an Cooperation Zone, La Francophonie an Economic Community o Wast African States.
Togolese Republic République Togolaise (French) | |
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 Coat o airms
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 Location o Togo (dark blue) in the African Union (light blue) | |
| Caipital and largest city | Lomé 6°7′N 1°13′E / 6.117°N 1.217°E |
| Offeecial leids | French |
| Recognised naitional leids | Ewe • Kabiyé |
| Ither leids | Mina • Dagomba |
| Ethnic groups | 99% Ewe, Kabye, Tem, Gourma, an 33 ither African groups 1% European, Sirio-Lebanese[2] |
| Demonym(s) | Togolese |
| Govrenment | Unitar dominant-pairty presidential republic |
• Preses | Faure Gnassingbé |
| Victoire Tomegah Dogbé | |
| Legislatur | Naitional Assemmly |
| Unthirldom | |
• frae Fraunce | 27 Apryle 1960 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 56,785 km2 (21,925 sq mi) (123rd) |
• Water (%) | 4.2 |
| Population | |
• 2017 estimate | 7,965,055[2] (99t) |
• 2010 census | 5,337,000 |
• Density | 125.9/km2 (326.1/sq mi) (93rde) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $12.433 billion[3] (150t) |
• Per capita | $1,468[3] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $4.797 billion[3] |
• Per capita | $621[3] |
| Gini (2011) | 46[4] heich |
| HDI (2015) |  0.487[5]law · 166t |
| Currency | Wast African CFA franc (XOF) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | +228 |
| ISO 3166 code | TG |
| Internet TLD | .tg |
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Frae the 11t tae the 16t century, various tribes entert the region frae aw directions. Frae the 16t century tae the 18t century, the coastal region wis a major tradin centre for Europeans in sairch o slaves, earnin Togo an the surroondin region the name "The Slave Coast". In 1884, Germany declared Togoland a protectorate. Efter Warld War I, rule ower Togo wis transfer tae Fraunce. Togo gained its independence frae Fraunce in 1960.[6] In 1967, Gnassingbé Eyadéma led a sonsie military coup, efter whilk he became "preses". At the time o his daith in 2005, Eyadéma wis the langest-servin leader in modren African history, efter haein been "preses" for 38 year.[7] In 2005, his son Faure Gnassingbé wis electit preses.
References
eedit- ↑ "Constitution of Togo". 2002. Archived frae the original on 14 Februar 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help) - ↑ a b "Togo". CIA World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived frae the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ↑ a b c d "Togo". International Monetary Fund.
- ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2011.
- ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
- ↑ According to the CIA world fact book on Togo: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/to.html Archived 2020-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Obituary: Gnassingbe Eyadema". (2005, February 5). BBC News. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
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