Togo

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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