Togo

Togo (), kent offeecially as the Togolese Republic, , is a kintra in wast Africae maircht wastlins bi Ghana, eastlins bi Benin an norlins bi Burkina Faso. It stends sooth tae the Gulf o Guinea, on whilk the caipital Lomé is locatit. Togo kivers an aurie o thareaboot 57000 km2 (22,000 sq mi) wi a population o thareaboot 6.7 million. Togo is a tropical, sub-Saharan naition, heichlie dependent on agricultur, wi a climate that provides guid growin saisons. While the offeecial leid is French, there mony ither leids spoken in Togo, parteicular Gbe family leids. The lairgest releegious group in Togo is thaim wi indigenous beliefs, but there significant Christian an Muslim minorities. Togo is a memmer o the Unitit Naitions, African Union, Organisation o the Islamic Conference, Sooth Atlantic Peace an Cooperation Zone, La Francophonie an Economic Community o Wast African States.

Frae the 11t tae the 16t century, various tribes entert the region frae aw directions. Frae the 16t century tae the 18t century, the coastal region wis a major tradin centre for Europeans in sairch o slaves, earnin Togo an the surroondin region the name "The Slave Coast". In 1884, Germany declared Togoland a protectorate. Efter Warld War I, rule ower Togo wis transfer tae Fraunce. Togo gained its independence frae Fraunce in 1960.According to the CIA world fact book on Togo: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/to.html  In 1967, Gnassingbé Eyadéma led a sonsie military coup, efter whilk he became "preses". At the time o his daith in 2005, Eyadéma wis the langest-servin leader in modren African history, efter haein been "preses" for 38 year."Obituary: Gnassingbe Eyadema". (2005, February 5). BBC News. Retrieved May 22, 2007.  In 2005, his son Faure Gnassingbé wis electit preses.

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Category:Kintras in Africae
Category:African Union member states
Category:Kintras borderin the Atlantic Ocean
Category:Economic Community o Wast African States
Category:French-speakin kintras
Category:Least Developed Kintras
Category:Member states o La Francophonie
Category:Member states o the Organisation o Islamic Cooperation
Category:States an territories established in 1960
Category:Wast Africae