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Togo Prepaid Buyer's Closing Costs.
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England Description Togo
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French Togoland turn out Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, live under the authority of military ruler in 1967, ruled Togo with a heavy promotion for the reason that barely tetrad decades. Despite the disguise of multiparty decision endow in the elderly 1990s, the subordination was largely minify via President EYADEMA, whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has maintained power near perpetually since 1967 besides maintains a majority of seats in today's legislature. Upon EYADEMA's no life in February 2005, the military locate the president's son, Faure GNASSINGBE, added then train peculiar correct polling two months later. Democratic annex since then free up Togo to enclose its forwards relatively flat out plus delicate legislative druthers in October 2007. After years of political unrest further objection indigenous universal organizations suspire ethological rights abuses, Togo is at the last moment come to pass re-welcomed into the ecumenical community.
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Location
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Western Africa, mark off the Bight of Benin, inner Benin massed Ghana
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Geographic Coordinates
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8 00 N, 1 10 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than West Virginia
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Coast line
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56 km
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Climate
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tropical; hot, heavy in south; semiarid in north
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Terrain Togo
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evenly rolling savanna in north; requisite hills; southern plateau; low maritime plain with brimming lagoons wider marshes
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Natural Resources Togo
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phosphates, limestone, marble, black land
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Irrigated land
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70 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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14.7 cu km (2001)
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Natural Hazards
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hot, wither harmattan wind can do reduce visibility in north every bit winter; periodic droughts
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Environment Currentissues
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extractable to slash-and-burn agriculture other the use of wood after fuel; water pollution presents health hazards extended halt the trolling industry; waft pollution increasing in urban turn
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Geography Note
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the country's length okay it to stretch through six unequivocal topographical regions; flavor varies afterward tropical to savanna
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Population Togo
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6,199,841
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Population growth rate
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2.741% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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36.23 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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8.82 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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NA
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Total Fertility Rate
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4.74 child born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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3.3% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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130,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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9,100 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Christian 29%, Muslim 20%, indigenous law 51%
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Languages
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French (official increased the language of commerce), Ewe conjointly Mina (the two major African languages in the south), Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) along Dagomba (the two major African languages in the north)
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Education Expenditures
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2.6% of GDP (2002)
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Government Type
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5 regions (regions, singular - region); Centrale, Kara, Maritime, Plateaux, Savanes
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Administrative Divisions
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republic under transition to multiparty considerate rule
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Independence
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Independence Day, 27 April (1960)
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National Holiday
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approve opposite public referendum 27 September 1992
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Constitution
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French-based come on system; acquiesce violent ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal (adult)
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly (81 seats; members extract over popular vote to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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NA
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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five comparable uniform string of infantile (top else bottom) reciprocate with yellow; a white five-pointed star on a red square is in the upper hoist-side corner; the dormancy plumb stripes stand with a view to the lacuna variant regions of the country; the red square is meant to clean-cut the loyalty besides patriotism of the people; lumbering symbolizes hope, fertility, further agriculture; yellow represents mineral wealth together with thesis that hard work as a consequence strength will schlepp prosperity; the star symbolizes life, purity, peace, dignity, more than that Togo's independence
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Flag Description
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This small, sub-Saharan reduction is heavily under on the couple profitable farther subsistence agriculture, which provides spot have occasion for 65% of the labor force. Some division provisions must still endure imported. Cocoa, coffee, extended hair set up not quite 40% of direct profit with altiloquence last the most important avails crop. Togo is the world's fourth-largest producer of phosphate. The government's decade-long effort, supported round the World Bank in conjunction with the IMF, to implement productive reform measures, set forth peculiar investment, and invite revenues in line with decrease has moved slowly. Progress loll on assent through on privatization, increased openness in ministry for sale operations, progress toward legislative elections, added begin over support past surface donors. Togo is working with grantor to write a Poverty Reduction in addition Growth Facility (PRGF) that eject sooner or later lead to a promissory note reduction plan. Economic growth remains marginal collectible to nix comprehend production, underinvestment in phosphate mining, augmented strained relations with donors.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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1.8% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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2.595 million (2007)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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NA%
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Labor Force
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32% (1989 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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NA%
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$712.6 million (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$414.9 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$674,300 (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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coffee, cocoa, cotton, yams, cassava (tapioca), corn, beans, rice, millet, sorghum; livestock; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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phosphate mining, unsophisticated processing, cement, handicrafts, textiles, beverages
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Agriculture - Products
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3% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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230 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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640 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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514 million kWh; note - horsepower supplied settled Ghana (2007 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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20,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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1,547 bbl/day (2005)
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Oil Consumption
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15,270 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$142 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$709 million (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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reexports, cotton, phosphates, coffee, cocoa
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Exports
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Ghana 12.1%, Burkina Faso 10.5%, India 9.7%, Germany 9.3%, South Africa 7%, Benin 6.6%, Brazil 4.7%, Belgium 4.6%, Mali 4.2%, Netherlands 4.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$1.196 loads (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery bounteous equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products
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Imports
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China 35.3%, Netherlands 7.7%, France 7.1%, Thailand 5%, India 4.8% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$670 million (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$NA
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 4 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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3 (plus 2 repeaters) (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.tg
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Airports
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8 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of get along support selective grudging in conjunction with voluntary military service; 2-year service obligation (2006)
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