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  Ethnologue report for Togo
In Togo in the southeast corner of the Plateau Province north and south of the 'Forêt de Togodo', in the prefecture of Moyen-Mono, as well as in the prefecture 'des Lacs' and the prefecture of Yoto.
Dialects: Adan, Agu, Anglo (Anlo, Awlan), Aveno, Be, Gbin, Ho, Kpelen, Togo, Vlin, Vo.
Central Togo, in the East Mono Prefecture, Kpessi and Nyamassila cantons and in Blitta Prefecture, Langabou Canton.
www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Togo   (1182 words)

  
  Togo - MSN Encarta
Togo, republic in West Africa, bounded on the north by Burkina Faso, on the east by Benin, on the south by the Gulf of Guinea (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean), and on the west by Ghana.
Togo extends about 550 km (about 340 mi) in a north-south direction and ranges from about 40 to 130 km (about 25 to 80 mi) in width.
In the south of Togo is a narrow, low-lying coastal belt containing a series of inland lagoons.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761572222/Togo.html   (461 words)

  
  Togo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa bordering Ghana in the west, Benin in the east and Burkina Faso in the north.
Togo was split between the British and the French by League of Nations mandates after World War I ended in 1918.
To the north Togo is bound by Burkina Faso.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Togo   (2096 words)

  
 Togo
Togo’s diverse cultural composition has given rise to rich panoply of traditional practices.
Togo’s economy is heavily dependent on subsistence agriculture which contributes 40 percent of GDP and employs 75 percent of the labor force.
President Eyadéma was re-elected in 1993 in elections boycotted by the opposition, and retained the presidency in the disputed elections of 1998.
us-africa.tripod.com /togo.html   (1317 words)

  
 Togo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Togo is comprised of about 37 ethnolinguistic groups, including the Ewe and the Mina in the south and various Voltaic-speaking peoples in the north.
Togo’s limited road and rail transportation facilities are concentrated in the central and southern parts of the country; Lomé; is the main port.
At the time of independence, Sylvanus Olympio was the country’s prime minister, and when Togo adopted a presidential form of government in 1961, he became its first president.
www.bartleby.com /65/to/Togo.html   (1179 words)

  
 Index of Economic Freedom 2006 - Togo
Togo's fiscal burden of government score is 0.2 point better this year, but its trade policy score is 0.5 point worse.
Togo is a member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), which imposes a common external tariff with four rates: 0 percent, 5 percent, 10 percent, and 20 percent.
Togo's foreign investment code was liberalized in 1990, but investors still face official and unofficial barriers.
www.heritage.org /research/features/index/country.cfm?id=Togo   (1098 words)

  
 Togo (09/06)
Togo is bounded by Ghana, Burkina Faso, Benin, and the Gulf of Guinea.
Togo’s long-suffering population has seen its living standards decline precipitously since the 1980s, and that trend is unlikely to be reversed without a political accord on the way forward endorsed by the country’s key political actors.
Togo is a pro-Western, market-oriented country, and the United States and Togo have had generally good relations since its independence, although the United States has never been one of Togo's major trade partners.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5430.htm   (4888 words)

  
 Togo   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Togo, on the Africa continent, is situated between 0° and 2° longitude East and between 6° and 12° latitude North.
Togo has various relief: In the south and East we have flat land but in the North and West we have mountains.
In the North and Centre the soils are from clay-loam to loam.
www.hridir.org /countries/togo   (238 words)

  
 Peace Corps | Learn About Peace Corps | Where Does Peace Corps Work? | Africa | Togo
Togo's numerous pressing development challenges have increased in recent years due to political and economic instability.
A significant percentage of Togo's rural population lives in extreme poverty.
Less than 30 percent of the female population has the opportunity for education or training that can equip them to participate in the development of their communities.
www.peacecorps.gov /index.cfm?shell=learn.wherepc.africa.togo   (436 words)

  
 Togo on the Internet
Je veux savoir pourquoi on a tué mon fils (Jan. 2007) and Togo.
News, statements from civil society organizations, diaspora organizations, news excerpts from the Togo press, yellow and white pages/directories, directories for embassies, hotels, restaurants, facts about Togo for travelers, national anthem, history, photographs, a bibliography, the Constitution, investment code, personals, classified ads, events, discussion forums, job board, information on the June 2003 Presidential election.
Maps include Togo land degradation, African immigrants in the European Union, African immigration to the European Union, population and economic disparities between North / South, refugees.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/togo.html   (2092 words)

  
 SIM Country Profile: Togo
Welcome to the West African nation of Togo, a nation with the distinction of being a French-speaking country that was once a German colony.
Togo and Benin have the highest percentage of unevangelized traditionalists in Africa.
Togo is bordered by Ghana, Burkina Faso, Benin, and the Gulf of Guinea.
www.sim.org /country.asp?CID=49&fun=1   (911 words)

  
 Human Development Report 2006 - Country Fact Sheets - Togo
The HDI for Togo is 0.495, which gives Togo a rank of147th out of 177 countries with data (Table 1).
And a decent standard ofliving is measured by the unweighted average of people withoutaccess to an improved water source and the proportion of childrenunder age 5 who are underweight for their age.
Togo was mentioned in the Report in pages 36, 54,and 206.
hdr.undp.org /hdr2006/statistics/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_TGO.html   (681 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Industry (Sector) Profile for Togo: Mining including economic overview and directories of ...
Togo does not have a well developed minerals industry with mine production currently limited to phosphates, marble and limestone.
The objectives of this reform are to provide Togo with a mining law that meets international standards and to ensure a liberalisation of the mining sector.
The main objectives of this code are to encourage investment that will favour exports, to increase employment for Togo workers, to promote the creation of small and medium enterprise, and to develop the country’s natural resources.
www.mbendi.co.za /indy/ming/mingto.htm   (435 words)

  
 Togo Tours | Togo Tour Guide | iExplore.com
The Atlantic Ocean lies to the south of the country, which is a narrow strip of land rising behind coastal lagoons and swampy plains to an undulating plateau.
Togo’s wildlife parks include the Fazao National Park outside Sokodé, the Kéran National Park near Kara and the Fosse aux Lions (Lions’ Den) southwest of Dapaong.
Togo shares borders with Burkina Faso to the north, Benin to the east and Ghana to the west, with a short coast on the Atlantic in the south.
www.africa.com /dmap/Togo/Overview   (297 words)

  
 Sanctions On Togo   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The fourteen other members have also recalled their ambassadors from Lome, Togo's capital, and imposed sanctions on the government.
ECOWAS acted in response to Togo's military placing Faure Gnassingbe in power the day after the death of his father, President Gnassingbe Eyadema.
The installation of President Eyadema's son was accomplished through a blatant manipulation of Togo's constitution.
www.voanews.com /uspolicy/2005-02-24-voa7.cfm   (289 words)

  
 Togo facts, Togo travel videos, flags, photos - National Geographic
Togo is a long, narrow country in West Africa, with an interior plateau rising to mountains in the north.
From the late 17th to the mid-19th century, slave traders prowled Togo's forests and savannas.
Togo is a poor agricultural country with a dismal human-rights record.
www3.nationalgeographic.com /places/countries/country_togo.html   (255 words)

  
 Togo News - Topix
Togo's national election commission said on Sunday that it could not announce the full results of last week's parliamentary election because of apparent irregularities during vote-counting in the capital Lome.
Crucial parliamentary elections in Togo, which donors said they would use as a benchmark for whether the country is ready to start receiving development aid again, were flawed according to opposition leaders...
Togo's ruling Rally for the Togolese People won an overall majority of seats in parliamentary elections, securing 49 out of 81 seats, the national electoral commission said, citing provisional results.
www.topix.net /world/togo   (857 words)

  
 Togo World Cup Team Blog
Togo played Togo in the final game of Group G. Togo were 0-2 for games and had no chance of qualifying for th knockout round.
In a sense Togo already had one foot out of the World Cup already, with a mutinous team refusing to train or play and a coach who was in and out himself.
Togo’s ambassador to Germany wrote a letter to FIFA complaining.
togo.worldcupblog.org   (702 words)

  
 Togo travel guide - Wikitravel
Togo is a narrow country in West Africa, sandwiched between Ghana on the west and Benin on the east, with a small border with Burkina Faso to the north, and a 56km coastline on the Atlantic Ocean to the south.
In addition, Togo has come under fire from international organizations for human rights abuses and is plagued by political unrest.
But flying directly to Togo is often more expensive than flying to Accra in neighboring Ghana.
wikitravel.org /en/Togo   (764 words)

  
 Togo
British and French forces invaded Togo on 12 August 1914 and the German administration surrendered on 26 August 1914.
In 1922 Togo was partitioned, the Western part or Togoland was administered by Britain with Gold Coast, the East by France as Togo.
For a Togo rising from the ashes of colonization, green must convey hope for a better life, dawn of a new era.
flagspot.net /flags/tg.html   (1035 words)

  
 Togo: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
Togo, twice the size of Maryland, is on the south coast of West Africa bordering on Ghana to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Benin to the east.
Togo - Map of Togo & articles on flags, geography, history, statistics, disasters current events, and international relations.
Togo: Bibliography - Bibliography See H. Debrunner, A Church between Colonial Powers: A Study of the Church in Togo...
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0108038.html   (672 words)

  
 Togo - Republic of Togo - Country Profile - République Togolaise - Africa
The thin strip of land in Western Africa is bordering Ghana to the west, Benin to the East, Burkina Faso to the North and its narrow coastline strenches onto the Gulf of Guinea in the South.
Togoland, of which modern Togo was formerly a part, was colonised by the Germans in 1894.
"Bâtir Le Togo", in English BUILD TOGO, is a organization created by members of the various student organizations and human rights advocacy groups that shaked the dictatorship in place in Togo, in the early nineties, and that set in motion the course of democratization in the country since then.
www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/togo.htm   (911 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Country Profile for Togo including economic and travel overviews and directories of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The international time zone for Togo is GMT and the international dialling code is +228.
Following the serious economic collapse Togo experienced in 1992/3, the government launched a comprehensive adjustment programme primarily aimed at sustainable economic growth.
Togo’s GDP totaled US$1.4 billion in 2002 and industry and services contributed 21.6% and 38%.
mbendi.co.za /cytocy.htm   (528 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Togo: Books: Robert J. Blake   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Togo was a beautiful male Siberian husky who was part of the team who got the serum through to Nome during the Diptheria Epidemic of 1925.
Togo is a heart-rending story about the Siberian husky some folks believe was given short shrift after the Great Serum Race of 1925.
Togo, his handler, Leonhard Seppala, and his team of brave sled dogs ran a total of 260 miles, farther than any team of dogs during the dramatic race against time to get diphtheria vaccine to Nome in January, 1925.
www.amazon.com /Togo-Robert-J-Blake/dp/0399233814   (1854 words)

  
 Togo   (Site not responding. Last check: )
British and French forces invaded Togo on 12 August 1914 and the German administration surrendered on 26 August 1914.
In 1922 Togo was partitioned, the Western part or Togoland was administered by Britain with Gold Coast, the East by France as Togo.
For a Togo rising from the ashes of colonization, green must convey hope for a better life, dawn of a new era.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/tg.html   (1035 words)

  
 Togo - Amnesty International   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Little progress was made in improving the human rights situation in the country, despite pressure from the European Union (EU) to release prisoners of conscience and adopt new legislation on the press.
People raising concerns about the human rights situation in Togo were harassed and intimidated, despite the legal reforms and undertakings given to the EU.
There were reports that security forces arrested returned asylum-seekers on their arrival in Togo.
web.amnesty.org /report2005/tgo-summary-eng   (803 words)

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