30/04/2022
FACTS ABOUT TOGO 🇹🇬
Togo is a country in West Africa.
The official name of the country is the Togolese Republic.
It is bordered by Ghana 🇬🇭 to the west, Benin 🇧🇯 to the east and Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 to the north and the Gulf of Guinea 🇬🇳 to the south.
The official language is French.
As of 1 January 2017, the population of Togo was estimated to be 7,599,721 people.
It is the 123rd largest country in the world in terms of land area with 56,785 square kilometers (21,925 square miles).
Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, Lomé is the country’s administrative and industrial center and its chief port.
The Monument de L’Independance was built as a tribute to Togo’s independence from France on April 27, 1960. The structure is composed of a human silhouette carved within it and surrounded by promenades, palm trees, manicured lawns, fountains and a black gold iron fence.
Togo is among the smallest countries in Africa, and enjoys one of the highest standards of living on the continent owing to its valuable phosphate deposits and a well-developed export sector based on agricultural products such as coffee, cocoa bean, and peanuts (groundnuts), which together generate roughly 30% of export earnings.
Approximately 29% of the population is Christian, 20% are Muslim, and 51% hold indigenous beliefs including animalism, fetishism (especially common), the cult of ancestors, the forces of nature, etc.
In Togo, there are about 40 different ethnic groups, the most numerous of which are the Ewe in the south who make up 32% of the population.
According to one count, 39 languages are spoken.