Outline of Togo
Appearance
The Flag of Togo
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] The country extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. The official language is French and many other languages are spoken as well.
General reference
[edit]- Pronunciation: /ˈtoʊɡoʊ/
- Common English country name: Togo
- Official English country name: The Togolese Republic
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Togolese
- Demonym(s):
- ISO country codes: TG, TGO, 768
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:TG
- Internet country code top-level domain: .tg
Geography of Togo
[edit]- Togo is: a country
- Population of Togo: 6,585,000 - 100th most populous country
- Area of Togo: 56,785 km2
- Atlas of Togo
Location
[edit]- Togo is situated within the following regions:
- Northern Hemisphere and lies on the Prime Meridian
- Africa
- Northern Hemisphere and lies on the Prime Meridian
- Time zone: Coordinated Universal Time UTC+00
- Extreme points of Togo
- High: Mont Agou 986 m (3,235 ft)
- Low: Bight of Benin 0 m
- Land boundaries: 1,647 km
Ghana 877 km
Benin 644 km
Burkina Faso 126 km
- Coastline: Bight of Benin 56 km
Environment of Togo
[edit]Natural geographic features of Togo
[edit]- Glaciers in Togo: none [2]
- Rivers of Togo
- World Heritage Sites in Togo
Regions of Togo
[edit]Ecoregions of Togo
[edit]List of ecoregions in Togo
Administrative divisions of Togo
[edit]Administrative divisions of Togo
Provinces of Togo
[edit]Provinces of Togo
Districts of Togo
[edit]Districts of Togo
Municipalities of Togo
[edit]Municipalities of Togo
- Capital of Togo: Lomé
- Cities of Togo
Demography of Togo
[edit]Government and politics of Togo
[edit]- Form of government: presidential republic
- Capital of Togo: Lomé
- Elections in Togo
- Political parties in Togo
Branches of the government of Togo
[edit]Government of Togo
Executive branch of the government of Togo
[edit]Legislative branch of the government of Togo
[edit]- Parliament of Togo (bicameral)
- Upper house: Senate of Togo
- Lower house: House of Commons of Togo
Judicial branch of the government of Togo
[edit]Court system of Togo
Foreign relations of Togo
[edit]International organization membership
[edit]The Togolese Republic is a member of:[1]
Law and order in Togo
[edit]Law of Togo
Military of Togo
[edit]- Command
- Forces
Local government in Togo
[edit]Local government in Togo
History of Togo
[edit]- Current events of Togo
Culture of Togo
[edit]- Cuisine of Togo
- Languages of Togo
- National symbols of Togo
- Prostitution in Togo
- Public holidays in Togo
- Religion in Togo
- World Heritage Sites in Togo
Art in Togo
[edit]Sports in Togo
[edit]Economy and infrastructure of Togo
[edit]- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 152nd (one hundred and fifty second)
- Agriculture in Togo
- Communications in Togo
- Companies of Togo
- Currency of Togo: Franc
- Health care in Togo
- Mining in Togo
- Stock Exchange in Togo: none – country is served by the regional stock exchange Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
- Transport in Togo
Education in Togo
[edit]See also
[edit]- Index of Togo-related articles
- List of international rankings
- List of Togo-related topics
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of Africa
- Outline of geography
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Togo". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
- ^ The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.
External links
[edit]- Government
- (in French) Republic of Togo official site
- (in French) Web Radio Togo official Web Radio
- (in French) National Assembly of Togo official site
- Aid Work
- Apis-Togo.org - Association pour l'Alphabétisation et la Promotion des Infrastructures et de la Santé au Togo et en Afrique
- [1] - Synergie des Jeunes pour Demain, la plus grande association de volontariat jeune pour le development.
- News
- AllAfrica.com - Togo news headline links
- IFEX - Togo alerts, news articles and dossiers
- Overviews
- BBC News Country Profile - Togo
- Encyclopædia Britannica, Country Page - Togo
- CIA World Factbook - Togo
- Togo at Curlie
- US State Department - Togo includes Background Notes, Country Study and major reports
- Sports
- Tourism
Togo travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Togo Woezon Tourism