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Togo

OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Togo

DATE OF FORMATION: 1960

POPULATION: 5 million

DENSITY: 238 people per square mile

LANGUAGES: Ewe, Kabye, Gurma, French

RELIGIONS: Traditional beliefs 50%, Christian 35%, Muslim 15%

ETHNIC MIX: Ewe 46%, Kabye 27%, Other African 26%, European 1%

GOVERNMENT: Multiparty elections

CURRENCY: CFA franc

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Togo is sandwiched between Ghana and Benin in west Africa. A central forested region is bounded by savanna lands to the north and south. The port of Lomé is an important entrepôt for west African trade. Gen. Gnassingbé Eyadema dominated politics from 1967 until his death in 2005.