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Togolese Republic
National name: République Togolaise
President: Faure Gnassingbe (2005)
Prime Minister: Yawovi Agboyibo (2006)
Land area: 21,000 sq mi (54,390 sq km); total area: 21,925 sq mi (56,785 sq km)
Population (2006 est.): 5,548,702 (growth rate: 2.7%); birth rate: 37.0/1000;
infant mortality rate: 60.6/1000; life expectancy: 57.4; density per sq mi: 264
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Lomé, 749,700 (metro. area), 676,400 (city
proper)
Monetary unit: CFA Franc
Languages: French (official, commerce); Ewé, Mina (south); Kabyé, Dagomba
(north); and many dialects
Ethnicity/race: native African (37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe,
Mina, and Kabre) 99%, European and Syrian-Lebanese less than 1%
Religions: Indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 29%, Islam 20%
Literacy rate: 61% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $8.948 billion; per capita $1,700. Real
growth rate: 2.5%. Inflation: 5.5%. Unemployment: n.a. Arable land: 44%.
Agriculture: coffee, cocoa, cotton, yams, cassava (tapioca), corn, beans, rice,
millet, sorghum; livestock; fish. Labor force: 1.74 million (1996); agriculture
65%, industry 5%, services 30% (1998 est.). Industries: phosphate mining,
agricultural processing, cement, handicrafts, textiles, beverages. Natural
resources: phosphates, limestone, marble, arable land. Exports: $768 million
f.o.b. (2005 est.): reexports, cotton, phosphates, coffee, cocoa. Imports:
$1.047 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): machinery and equipment, foodstuffs,
petroleum products. Major trading partners: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, Mali,
China, India, France, Côte d'Ivoire (2004).
Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 25,000 (1997); mobile cellular:
2,995 (1997). Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 4 (1998). Radios:
940,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations: 3 (plus two repeaters) (1997).
Televisions: 73,000 (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (2001).
Internet users: 50,000 (2002).
Transportation: Railways: total: 525 km (2002). Highways: total: 7,520 km;
paved: 2,376 km; unpaved: 5,144 km (1999 est.). Waterways: 50 km Mono river.
Ports and harbors: Kpeme, Lome. Airports: 9 (2002).
International disputes: in 2001 Benin claimed Togo moved boundary monuments -
joint commission presently resurveying the boundary
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