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Togo Facts and Country Information...

Togo is a country in the West Africa and is officially called the Togolese Republic. It is bordered by the Ghana on the west, the Benin on the east and the Burkina Faso on the north. It then extends towards south to Gulf of Guinea. Togo covers a total area of about 57,000 square kilometres. It is a tropical, sub-Saharan country which is highly dependent on agriculture and has a climate that is beneficial for good crop production.

Togo is counted among the smallest countries in the whole of African continent. Togo is a small nation in the Western Africa which shares borders with the Bight of Benin on the south. It has the Ghana lying on the west with Benin on the east. Moreover, Togo has Burkina Faso on the north. Togo lies between the latitudes of 6° and 11°N, as well as the longitudes of 0° and 2°E.

In the north the land consists of a gentlerolling savanna as compared to the central parts of the country, which consist of hills. The southern Togo consists of a savanna as well as a forested plateau which extends to meet the coastal plain full of extensive marshes and lagoons. The land size of the country is about 56,800 km2.