Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration

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The Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration was a former League of Nations mandate and later United Nations trust territory in West Africa, administered by the United Kingdom until its integration with the Gold Coast to form modern Ghana.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate
United Nations trust territory
former territory
administeredAs part of Gold Coast colony
administeredBy United Kingdom
capital Ho
continent Africa
country United Kingdom
currency British West African pound
decolonizationProcess United Nations supervised plebiscite
endCause formation of Ghana
integration with Gold Coast
endPoint 1956
ethnicGroups Dagomba people
Ewe
surface form: Ewe people
flagBearerState United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
followedBy Ghana
Ghana
surface form: Republic of Ghana
formedModern Ghana
formerColonialPower Germany
integratedWith Gold Coast
legalStatus non-self-governing territory
locatedIn Africa
West Africa
mandateFrom League of Nations
officialLanguage English
originatedFrom Trust Territory of Togoland under French administration
surface form: German Togoland
partitionedFrom Togo
surface form: Togoland
partOf British Empire
politicalStatus mandated territory
trust territory
precededBy Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration self-linksurface differs
surface form: British Togoland
regionToday Northern Region of Ghana
Oti Region
surface form: Oti Region of Ghana

Volta Region of Ghana
resultOfPlebiscite union with Gold Coast
sharesBorderWith Togo
surface form: French Togoland

Trust Territory of Togoland under French administration
surface form: French-administered Togoland
sovereignState United Kingdom
startPoint 1916
1922
timePeriod 20th century
todayPartOf Ghana
trustTerritoryOf United Nations

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UNTC supervised Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration
subject surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council
Gold Coast unifiedWith Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration
this entity surface form: British Togoland
British Gold Coast includedTerritory Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration
this entity surface form: British Togoland
Trust Territory of Togoland under French administration sharesBorderWith Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration
this entity surface form: British Togoland
Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration precededBy Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: British Togoland
British West Africa includes Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration
this entity surface form: British Togoland
Gold Coast Colony includedTerritory Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration
this entity surface form: British Togoland