Outline of Togo

The Togolese Republic, commonly known as Togo, is a narrow, sovereign country located in West Africa bordering Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north.^[1] The country extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. The official language is French and many other languages are spoken as well.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Togo:

General reference

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country name: Togo
• Official English country name: The Togolese Republic
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Togolese
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology: Name of Togo
• ISO country codes: TG, TGO, 768
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:TG
• Internet country code top-level domain: .tg

Geography of Togo

• Togo is: a country
• Population of Togo: 6,585,000 - 100th most populous country
• Area of Togo: 56,785 km²
• Atlas of Togo

Location

• Togo is situated within the following regions:
  • Northern Hemisphere and lies on the Prime Meridian
    • Africa
      • West Africa
• Time zone: Coordinated Universal Time UTC+00
• Extreme points of Togo
  • High: Mont Agou 986 m (3,235 ft)
  • Low: Bight of Benin 0 m
• Land boundaries: 1,647 km

 Ghana 877 km

 Benin 644 km

 Burkina Faso 126 km

• Coastline: Bight of Benin 56 km

Environment of Togo

• Climate of Togo
• Environmental issues in Togo
• Ecoregions in Togo
• Renewable energy in Togo
• Geology of Togo
• Protected areas of Togo
  • Biosphere reserves in Togo
  • National parks of Togo
• Wildlife of Togo
  • Flora of Togo
  • Fauna of Togo
    • Birds of Togo
    • Mammals of Togo

Natural geographic features of Togo

• Glaciers in Togo: none ^[2]
• Islands of Togo
• Lakes of Togo
• Mountains of Togo
  • Volcanoes in Togo
• Rivers of Togo
  • Waterfalls of Togo
• Valleys of Togo
• World Heritage Sites in Togo

Regions of Togo

Ecoregions of Togo

Administrative divisions of Togo

• Regions of Togo
  • Provinces of Togo
    • Districts of Togo
      • Municipalities of Togo

Provinces of Togo

Districts of Togo

Municipalities of Togo

• Capital of Togo: Lomé
• Cities of Togo

Demography of Togo

Government and politics of Togo

Main article: Government of Togo and Politics of Togo

• Form of government: presidential republic
• Capital of Togo: Lomé

• Elections in Togo
  • (specific elections)
• Political parties in Togo
• Political scandals of Togo
• Taxation in Togo

Branches of the government of Togo

Executive branch of the government of Togo

• Head of state: President of Togo,
• Head of government: Prime Minister of Togo,
• Cabinet of Togo

Legislative branch of the government of Togo

• Parliament of Togo (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Senate of Togo
  • Lower house: House of Commons of Togo

Judicial branch of the government of Togo

• Supreme Court of Togo

Foreign relations of Togo

• Diplomatic missions in Togo
• Diplomatic missions of Togo

International organization membership

The Togolese Republic is a member of:^[1]

African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP) African Development Bank Group (AfDB) African Union (AU) African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID) Conference des Ministres des Finances des Pays de la Zone Franc (FZ) Council of the Entente (Entente) Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Group of 77 (G77) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) International Development Association (IDA) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) International Finance Corporation (IFC) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) International Labour Organization (ILO) International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Olympic Committee (IOC) International Organization for Migration (IOM) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (correspondent) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)

International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Nonaligned Movement (NAM) Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) United Nations (UN) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) Universal Postal Union (UPU) West African Development Bank (WADB) (regional) West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) World Confederation of Labour (WCL) World Customs Organization (WCO) World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) World Health Organization (WHO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Togo

• Capital punishment in Togo
• Constitution of Togo
• Crime in Togo
• Human rights in Togo
  • LGBT rights in Togo
  • Freedom of religion in Togo
• Law enforcement in Togo

Military of Togo

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief:
    • Ministry of Defence of Togo
• Forces
  • Army of Togo
  • Navy of Togo
  • Air Force of Togo
  • Special forces of Togo
• Military history of Togo
• Military ranks of Togo

Local government in Togo

History of Togo

Main article: History of Togo, Timeline of the history of Togo, and Current events of Togo

• Economic history of Togo
• Military history of Togo

Culture of Togo

• Architecture of Togo
• Cuisine of Togo
• Ethnic minorities in Togo
• Festivals in Togo
• Humor in Togo
• Languages of Togo
• Media in Togo
• National symbols of Togo
  • Coat of arms of Togo
  • Flag of Togo
  • National anthem of Togo
• People of Togo
• Prostitution in Togo
• Public holidays in Togo
• Records of Togo
• Religion in Togo
  • Buddhism in Togo
  • Christianity in Togo
  • Hinduism in Togo
  • Islam in Togo
  • Judaism in Togo
  • Sikhism in Togo
• World Heritage Sites in Togo

Art in Togo

• Art in Togo
• Cinema of Togo
• Literature of Togo
• Music of Togo
• Television in Togo
• Theatre in Togo

Sports in Togo

• Football in Togo
• Togo at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Togo

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 152nd (one hundred and fifty second)

• Agriculture in Togo
• Banking in Togo
  • National Bank of Togo
• Communications in Togo
  • Internet in Togo
• Companies of Togo
• Currency of Togo: Franc
  • ISO 4217: XOF
• Economic history of Togo
• Energy in Togo
  • Energy policy of Togo
  • Oil industry in Togo
• Health care in Togo
• Mining in Togo
• Togo Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Togo
• Transport in Togo
  • Airports in Togo
  • Rail transport in Togo
  • Roads in Togo
• Water supply and sanitation in Togo

Education in Togo

See also

• Index of Togo-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Togo-related topics
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Africa
• Outline of geography

References

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Togo

Government

• (French) Republic of Togo official site
• (French) Web Radio Togo official Web Radio
• (French) National Assembly of Togo official site

Aid Work

• Apis-Togo.org - Association pour l'Alphabétisation et la Promotion des Infrastructures et de la Santé au Togo et en Afrique
• [1] - Synergie des Jeunes pour Demain, la plus grande association de volontariat jeune pour le development.

News

• AllAfrica.com - Togo news headline links
• IFEX - Togo alerts, news articles and dossiers

Overviews

• BBC News Country Profile - Togo
• Encyclopaedia Britannica, Country Page - Togo
• CIA World Factbook - Togo
• Togo at the Open Directory Project
• US State Department - Togo includes Background Notes, Country Study and major reports

Sports

• Photo of the national football team

Tourism

• Outline of Togo travel guide from Wikitravel
• Togo Woezon Tourism

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