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five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; a white five-pointed star on a red square is in the upper hoist-side corner; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
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Official country name
Togolese Republic
Short name
Togo
Local names
Republique togolaise (long)
Former name
French Togoland
Nationality
Togolese (singular and plural) (noun) 0 (adjective)
Languages spoken
French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two major African languages in the south), Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) and Dagomba (the two major African languages in the north)
Capital
Lome
Government type
republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule
Population
5,858,673 ranked 109, (data 2008)
Geography
the country's length allows it to stretch through six distinct geographic regions; climate varies from tropical to savanna. The lowest point is Atlantic Ocean 0 m.
Coastline
Coastline 56 km.
Land borders
1,647km, Benin 644 km, Burkina Faso 126 km, Ghana 877 km.
Administrative divisions
5 regions (regions, singular - region); Centrale, Kara, Maritime, Plateaux, Savanes
Independence
27 April 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)