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[edit] I love this page!

Good job to whoever made the yper realistic from-space style rendering of africa with togo highlighted in white! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.8.140.69 (talk) 23:28, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Economy Section Vandalism

The Economy section was vandalized. Someone placed a inappropriate and ultimately irrelevant paragraph at the bottom of the section. Removed it along with a random out of place statement in the Geography section. The vandalisms occurred at 23:30 and 23:32 respectively. I suggest that this article is locked to prevent further vandalisms of this sort. Theskink (talk) 00:07, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Satellite image

The satellite image doesn't really add anything to the article. Could it not be removed? Rrose Selavy —Preceding comment was added at 22:45, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] On the history section

The History section has been vandalized and needs to be rolled back to the previous edit (22:46, 7 Feb 2005 4.28.136.225). I'd be more than happy to do it but I have now idea how to go about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Broquaint (talk • contribs) 07:19, 8 February 2005 (UTC)

Hmmm...I couldn't find that version, but I reverted the article. Hopefully I got the right version. Let me know if you need more help. Thanks! — Knowledge Seeker দ (talk) 07:59, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The history could be better. e.g. "The Togolese...didn't appreciate some of Germany's tighter reins on their lives" is an odd way to put it. A-giau 19:55, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Strange end to History

What's that thing after the ---- and what's it doing there? Thanx 68.39.174.39 22:09, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Well previously a user changed the entire history section to his own version. Another user reverted this but kept both versions (the old one and the user's one). The section below the line was longer before but I'm slowly integrating it into the main history article. If you can, please help me in integrating it in one history section, and later, cutting it down and moving some bits and pieces to the history section. --Bash 03:54, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Discrepency in population

I've checked the World Factbook and the BBC country profile on Togo and we have an estimation of 5.1 million from the BBC and 5,681,519 from the factbook. I'm not sure where the 5.5 million figure placed in this article came from. The question is, which one do we use? --Bash 04:10, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] President

Where's the entry for President Faure Gnassingbe? The article only lists the prime minister. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dofer49 (talk • contribs) 19:32, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

I wonder if we could have a photo of him also. -- RND  T  C  22:18, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] colonial map

I wonder if [1] could be added to the page. The boundaries in the German period were different to what they are now, some areas going to Ghana after the allies took Togo in 1914. -- RND  T  C  19:36, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] We support Togo!

We support Togo here, don't we? JIP | Talk 04:47, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Religion

I added the religion section to this artice using data from the CIA Factbook. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BraveHeart 2006 (talk • contribs) 18:56, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] People

Who are the people of Togo? I skimmed the article, I see nothing about them! Are they Yoruba like the people on the other side of the Nigerian border? What are their beliefs? What language do they speak? Do they dance? Do they ride camels? What food is favoured? What is the agriculture? Do they have markets, or do they drive in Rolls Royce cars and smoke Virginians? Is Sony popular in Togo? Was it a French colony once? British? Portuoguese? Who was there before the imperial conquests? Is it still the same there now, or did Imperialism change Togo? Is Togo a single traditional homeland, is it part of an older African Empire? Or is it made up of different tribes with borders drawn for them by people from another land? What is the housing? Does the climate vary from South to North? Does it vary from month to month? Do the people of the north trade for fish from the people of the South? etc? -- Cuddlepie 12:14, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POV

Several parts of this article do not adhere to WP:NPOV, specifically under the Fight for democracy section. --Purplezart 13:23, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Error in the history?

The history says "After World War II, the mandate became a UN trust territory administered by the United Kingdom and France."

I suspect that this is wrong, and that this happened after WWI, and not WWII. And that it was the League of Nations, rather than UN which gave it to UK and France. At least that's what I am very certain happened to the rest of Germany's colonies.

I have to say that I have no knowledge of the history of Togo, so I might be wrong. Feel free to delete this comment as soon as someone knowledgeable has decided which is true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.48.30.9 (talk • contribs) 23:00, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, since the UN was only created after WWII, it could not possibly have happened after WWI. After WWI, The League of Nations was created.

[edit] language?

I know that this site notes that French is the official language of Togo, but couldn't the site list the most common languages of the Republic? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcher Lord (talk • contribs) 17:14, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] President Spencer Franklin?

President Spencer Franklin???? Unless this is really his English name, which is probably unlikely.

Jsimmons4 19:24, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Religion/Cuture Analysis

Hello all. Not looking to engage in a fight here, but the Religion section of this article is far too short, especially relative to the lengths of other such sections.

Considering the amount of detail expressed in the article's Culture section, and its relation to the nation of Togo's religion, why can't the two sections be somehow merged?

Thank you, and try to make the above changes. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.91.94.228 (talk) 16:45, 31 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Population stats.

I just noticed that in the french wikipedia article of TOGO, there is a more updated population and population desity statistics. According to the french version, this is the statistics: Rank 106th 5,399,236 people 95 people/km² Extimated 2006

I don't exactly know how to convert people/km² into people/miles², nor do i know how to edit this on wikipedia (properly). I also am really busy and don't have the time to figure out how to edit several articles and their statistics.

I just thought I should point out that they need to be updated. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Anonymous (May 10, 2007)

[edit] Togo-Ghana border

So, where is the border supposed to be? Anyone?
So, where is the border supposed to be? Anyone?

I recently made an OMC map of Togo for the Geography of Togo article and noticed, while consulting other maps, including those already in the article, that there seems to be a disagreement over the alignment of the border between Togo and Ghana. The question is about the land inside an oxbow found at 9°38′N 0°18′E (see map).

OMC shows this as part of Togo, as do the relief map in the article and the CIA map in the main Togo article, but GoogleEarth says that it's part of Ghana, with the border cutting across the neck of that bit of territory. This is also what the satellite image shows. GoogleEarth also says that there is a village there called Butoe. Is it Ghanaian or Togolese?

Would anyone happen to know whether this represents an ongoing territorial dispute between Togo and Ghana, or perhaps a recent border change agreement? Or is it simply a mistake made by a mapmaker somewhere? I would appreciate any light that anyone could shed on this question, as I would like to adjust the OMC map accordingly. Also, if one of those political situations that I mentioned actually is the case, I think the Togo and Ghana articles should mention it.

Thanks. Kelisi 19:24, 25 July 2007 (UTC)