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TOGO


Location: Africa
Capital:
Lomé (700.000 inhab.)
Main Cities:
Sokodè, Kpalimè, Kara, Atakpame
Population:
4,630,000
Area:
56,785 km2
Coin:
1 CFA franc = 100 centimes
Languages:
French, Tribal languages
Religions:
Animist, Roman Catholic, Moslem
The Independence's Year:
1960

 

 

Little state on the Gulf of Guinea, constituted by a wide narrow strip large from 50 to 150 kilometers, that lengthens for about 600 kilometers between Ghana at west and Benin to east.
It had been governed for years with the terror by the long dictatorship of the General Eyadema (from 1967 finally of the years '90).
Now it is a very quiet nation to vocation agricultural, that however allows also good export, as for the cotton, the cocoa, coffee and the peanuts. It is one of the majors worldwide phosphate producers.
The country is interesting for its cultures and for its rites, its populations and its customs.
In the South of the nation the voodoo is very diffuse, that with singular ceremonies lives together pacifically with Catholicism and Islamism.
Some northern zones of the country present spontaneous spectacular architectures (true castles of clay and straw as in the Tamberma villages) and very beautiful populations from the hearty welcome and the easy smile.

* Information and news of every kind (and photographic documentation) about Togo are to disposition of the partners of the Worldwide Geographic Academy: info@accademiageograficamondiale.com

 
August '06
Viaggio in Africa Occidentale
November '07
Togo
 
 

Abitazioni Tamberma Allattamento Bambini di Lomè Bambini e decorazioni Bassar

Casa Tamberma Castelli d'argilla Danze nel villaggio di Amenudjikodji Donna Kabye

Donne togolesi Pesca di villaggio sulla costa atlantica Ragazze Tamberma Popolazione Kabye

Villaggio Tamberma Rito Vudu Lomè

Donna Tamberma Ragazzo del Togo settentrionale Ragazza togolese Mamma togolese

Photographies to greater solution can be found to the page Equatorial Africa Gallery