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.
> INTEL_
> NOTABLE_
- »Togo is one of the narrowest countries in Africa, barely 100 km wide in places.
> BORDERS_
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.
> THE CAPITAL_
Lomé sits right on the border with Ghana, making it one of the few capitals located directly on an international frontier.
> SCALE_
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).
> THE FLAG_
Five stripes for the five regions, with a white star of hope on red in the canton. The proportions follow the golden ratio.