Togo Embassy
Nifas Silk Lafto KK, Kebele 13, H. No 2234 | |
P.O. Box: | 25523 |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | |
Phone: |
(+251) 11-320-6515 |
Fax: |
(+251) 11-372-9722 |
About Togo Embassy
Togo
Population: |
7,351,374
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Location: |
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Benin and Ghana
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Continent: |
Africa
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Major Urban Area: |
LOME (capital) 1.524 million (2011)
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Languages: |
French (official, 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)
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Ethnic Groups: |
African (37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabre) 99%, European and Syrian-Lebanese less than 1%
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Religions: |
Christian 29%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 51%
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History: |
French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, ruled Togo with a heavy hand for almost four decades. Despite the facade of multi-party elections instituted in the early 1990s, the government was largely dominated by President EYADEMA, whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has maintained power almost continually since 1967 and maintains a majority of seats in today's legislature. Upon EYADEMA's death in February 2005, the military installed the president's son, Faure GNASSINGBE, and then engineered his formal election two months later. Democratic gains since then allowed Togo to hold its first relatively free and fair legislative elections in October 2007. After years of political unrest and condemnation from international organizations for human rights abuses, Togo is finally being re-welcomed into the international community.
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Coastline: |
56 km
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Climate: |
tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north
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Terrain: |
gently rolling savanna in north; central hills; southern plateau; low coastal plain with extensive lagoons and marshes
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Natural Resources: |
phosphates, limestone, marble, arable land
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Togo Embassy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Togo Embassy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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