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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Togo 
 Main prefix
 5V 
 Time zone
 0 h 
 Continent
 Africa 
 
          Togo          
 
 Togo 

 Togo - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Togo          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; there is a white five-pointed star on a red square in the upper hoist-side corner; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia.
 
          Togo          
 
 Togo 
 Capital: 
Lome
 Administrative
 divisions: 
5 regions (regions, singular - region): De La Kara, Des Plateaux, Des Savanes, Centrale, and Maritime.
 Population: 
5,285,501 (July 2002 est.)
estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS, this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
 Languages: 
French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two major African languages in the south), Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) and Dagomba (the two major African languages in the north)
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
8° 00' N, 1° 10' E
 Area total: 
56,785 sq. km
 Land area: 
54,385 sq. km
 Water area: 
2,400 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
1,647 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Benin 644 km, Burkina Faso 126 km, Ghana 877 km
 Coastline: 
56 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Atlantic Ocean 0 m - Mont Agou 986 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.tg
 Currency: 
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF)
responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Togolese Republic
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Togo
 Name - local
 long form: 
Republique Togolaise
 Name - local
 short form: 
none
 Former name: 
French Togoland
 Independence: 
27 April 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)
 Constitution: 
multiparty draft constitution approved by High Council of the Republic 1 July 1992, adopted by public referendum 27 September 1992
 Government
 type: 
republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 27 April (1960)
 
          Togo          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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