Togo

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capital city country in West Africa sovereign state

Togo is a small West African country on the Gulf of Guinea, known for its diverse cultures, coastal capital Lomé, and history as a former French colony.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
French Togoland 3
Lomé 0
Togoland 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
country in West Africa ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
callingCode +228 ⓘ
capitalAndLargestCity Lomé ⓘ
colonialPower France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Togo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
drainageBasin Mono River basin ⓘ
Oti River basin ⓘ
drivesOnSide right ⓘ
formerColonyOf France ⓘ
formerName Togo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: French Togoland
governmentType presidential republic ⓘ
hasBorderWith Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
hasCapital Lomé ⓘ
hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
hasCurrency West African CFA franc ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage French ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President ⓘ
independenceDate 1960-04-27 ⓘ
independenceFrom France ⓘ
internetTLD .tg ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2 TG ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3 TGO ⓘ
legislature National Assembly of Togo ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
memberOf African Union ⓘ
ECOWAS ⓘ
surface form: Economic Community of West African States

International Monetary Fund ⓘ
Francophonie ⓘ
surface form: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
World Bank ⓘ
World Trade Organization ⓘ
nationalLanguage Ewe ⓘ
Kabiye ⓘ
officialReligion none ⓘ
partOf Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
surface form: Gulf of Guinea region
regionalBloc ECOWAS ⓘ
timeZone UTC+0 ⓘ
usesLegalSystem civil law ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ghana → borderCountry → Togo ⓘ
Benin → borderedBy → Togo ⓘ
Burkina Faso → borderedBy → Togo ⓘ
Gold Coast → borderedBy → Togo ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea → borders → Togo ⓘ
Togo → country → Togo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Lomé
this entity surface form: Togo (French-administered)
Togo → formerName → Togo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Togoland
German Empire → hadColony → Togo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Togoland
CEN-SAD → memberState → Togo ⓘ
ECCAS → memberState → Togo ⓘ
ECOWAS → memberState → Togo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Togoland
this entity surface form: French Togoland
Ifa → region → Togo ⓘ
Olodumare → region → Togo ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Togoland
Ewe → spokenIn → Togo ⓘ
Fula language → spokenIn → Togo ⓘ
Gur languages → spokenIn → Togo ⓘ
Hausa → spokenIn → Togo ⓘ
Kwa languages → spokenIn → Togo ⓘ