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Sub Saharan Africa

Togo
Last reviewed: 21 March 2012

Country information

Area: 21,900 sq miles
Population: 5.75 million
Capital City: Lome; Population: 750,000
People: Ewe, Mina, Kabye, Cotocoli, Moba are the main ethnic groups.
Language(s): French is the official language. Kabye, Ewe, Mina and Dagomba are the most widely spoken of the African languages.
Religion(s): Christianity, Islam and with an indigenous African traditions/beliefs arepractised.
Currency: CFA Franc
Head of State: President Faure Gnassingbe
Prime Minister: Gilbert Houngbo.
Membership of international groupings/organisations: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), African Union (AU), the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC). Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA).

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Useful links

• BBC News: Africa
 
• Amnesty International (AI)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• World Bank
• European Union (EU)
• Zone Franc (IZF)
• Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA)
• African Union