Togo!

By: Abbie Van Cleave

Bordering Countries

Ghana

BURKINA FASO

Benin

Landforms!

Togo Mountains

Rainforest

Bight of Benin

Mongo River

Major Cities

Landmarks!

Parliament Building in Lome

Bassar Royal Palace

Independence Monument In Lome

Flag

• The flag of Togo was officially adopted on April 27, 1960. It features a white "Star of Hope" on a field of red, and the red of that field is said to represent the blood shed by countrymen during the internal struggle for independence.

Green is symbolic of the country's agricultural wealth, while yellow is symbolic of mineral wealth. the five horizontal stripes represent the five regions of Togo

LocationTogo is in between the countries

Ghana and Benin. It is below Burkina Faso. It is above the Bight of Benin.

Climate

Togo has a humid, tropical climate, but receives less rainfall than most of the other countries along the Gulf of Guinea. In the south there are two rainy seasons, from March to early July and in September and October. The heaviest rainfall occurs in the hills of the west, southwest, and center, where the precipitation averages about 150 cm (60 in) a year.

Transportation

Trains!

Airways!

Arts and Culture!

COLONIAL HOUSE

KARA TOGO

Top 3 Languages and Dialect

Top Languages-French-Mina-Ewe

Dialect-Ife

Food!

• Fufu- Like cornbread

Recreation

Soccer!

Swimming!

Extra Info!!

• Togolese carry everything on their heads - one banana, a fully-assembled ceiling fan, up to 300 eggs, firewood, a big basket of chickens, or a 5- gallon pan of water

Natural Hazards

Floods!!

Droughts!!

Life Expectancy, Major Religion, and Largest Ethnic Group

• Life expectancy-62.9 Years

• Major Religion-Christian and Muslim

• Largest Ethnic Group- Ewe, Kabye, Kotokoli

Top Imports and Exports

• Imports--Machinery -Foods-Petroleum Products

• Exports-Coffee-Cotton-Cocoa