Place:Togo

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Name
Togo
Alternate names
French Togo     (Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 1216)
Republic of Togo     (Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) XI, 820-821; NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998))
République Togolaise     (Britannica Book of the Year (1993) p 729)
Togoland     (Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 358)
Togolese Republic     (Wikipedia)
Type
Nation
Coordinates
8°N 1.167°E
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source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
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Togo (officially the Togolese Republic) is a country in West Africa bordering Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. The official language is French; however, there are many other languages spoken in Togo.

Togo's size is just less than . It has a population of more than 6,100,000 people, which is dependent mainly on agriculture. The mild weather makes for good growing seasons. Togo is a tropical, sub-Saharan nation.

Togo gained its independence from France in 1960. In 1967, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, the former leader of the country, led a successful military coup, after which he became President. Eyadéma was the longest-serving leader in African history (after being president for 38 years) at the time of his death in 2005. In 2005, his son Faure Gnassingbé was elected president. About a third of the population live below the international poverty line of US$1.25 a day.

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