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List All Cities in Togo Listing cities Togo database :
Amlamé
Aného
Atakpamé
Badou
Bafilo
Bassar
Dapaong
Kandé
Kara
Kpagouda
Lomé
Niamtougou
Notsé
Palimé
Sansanné-Mango
Sokodé
Sotouboua
Tabligbo
Tchamba
Tsévié
Vogan
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Background
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French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, ruled Togo with a heavy hand for almost four decades. Despite the facade of multiparty elections instituted in the early 1990s, the government was largely dominated by President EYADEMA, whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has maintained power almost continually since 1967 and maintains a majority of seats in today's legislature. Upon EYADEMA's death in February 2005, the military installed the president's son, Faure GNASSINGBE, and then engineered his formal election two months later. Democratic gains since then allowed Togo to hold its first relatively free and fair legislative elections in October 2007. After years of political unrest and condemnation from international organizations for human rights abuses, Togo is finally being re-welcomed into the international community.
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Population
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6,199,841
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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 democratic rule
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Independence
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Independence Day, 27 April (1960)
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International organization participation
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five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; a white five-pointed star on a red square is in the upper hoist-side corner; the five horizontal stripes stand for the five different regions of the country; the red square is meant to express the loyalty and patriotism of the people; green symbolizes hope, fertility, and agriculture; yellow represents mineral wealth and faith that hard work and strength will bring prosperity; the star symbolizes life, purity, peace, dignity, and Togo's independence
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Economy - overview
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Market value of publicly traded shares
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phosphate mining, agricultural 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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Oil - production
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1,547 bbl/day (2005)
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Internet country code
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350,000 (2008)
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