Togo
Togo (officially Togolese Republic) is a country in Western Africa, with its capital at Lomé, and is home to roughly 8.4M people.
French is the official language; the currency in circulation is West African CFA franc (Fr); people from here are called Togolese.
- »Togo is one of the narrowest countries in Africa, barely 100 km wide in places.
Togo touches three neighbours: Benin to the northeast, Burkina Faso to the northwest and Ghana to the west. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Lomé sits right on the border with Ghana, making it one of the few capitals located directly on an international frontier.
56,827 km² (21,941 sq mi), 124th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Croatia.
Population 8,406,558, 102nd of 198 on file. That averages 148 per km² (383 per sq mi).
Five stripes for the five regions, with a white star of hope on red in the canton. The proportions follow the golden ratio.