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Togo, [a] officially the Togolese Republic, [b] is a country in West Africa.It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. [11] It is one of the least developed countries and extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its capital, Lomé, is located. [11]
Togo stretches 579 km (360 mi) north from the Gulf and is only 160 km (99 mi) wide at the broadest point. In total, Togo has an area of 56,785 km 2 (21,925 sq mi), of which 54,385 km 2 (20,998 sq mi) is land and 2,400 km 2 (927 sq mi) is water. Togo is commonly divided into six geographic regions. In the south are low-lying sandy beaches.
The location of Togo An enlargeable map of the Togolese Republic. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Togo: . Togo – sovereign country located in West Africa bordering Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. [1]
It is also the country's chief port, from where it exports coffee, cocoa, copra, and oil palm kernels. Its city limits extends to the border with Ghana, located a few hundred meters west of the city center, to the Ghanaian city of Aflao and the South Ketu district where the city is situated, had 160,756 inhabitants in 2010. The cross-border ...
This is a list of cities and towns in Togo. [1] [2] List. By population. Rank City Population 1981 census Population 2010 census Region 1. Lomé ...
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories.
Jean-Baptiste Cazajous photographed the wreck of the Togo, a coal transport ship sunk by a mine explosion at the end of World War I in 1918. The wreck of the Togo in Cavalaire-sur-Mer, France ...
World Heritage Sites ; Site Image Location Year listed UNESCO data Description Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba* Kara Region: 2004 1140bis; v, vi (cultural) The Koutammakou landscape in north-eastern Togo and neighbouring Benin is home to the Batammariba, whose remarkable mud tower-houses are known as takienta (sikien in the plural).