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Extensible Markup Language  |  1995-06-15  |  3KB  |  19 lines
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  14.         <text><span class="style42"></span><span class="style12">TOGO</span><span class="style42">Official name: </span><span class="style13">La R├⌐publique togolaise (The Togolese Republic)</span><span class="style42">Member of: </span><span class="style13">UN, OAU, ECOWAS</span><span class="style42">Area: </span><span class="style13">56785 km2 (21925 sq mi)</span><span class="style42">Population: </span><span class="style13">3810000 (1993 est)</span><span class="style42">Capital: </span><span class="style13">Lom├⌐ 366000 (1983 est)</span><span class="style42">Languages: </span><span class="style13">French, Ewe (47%), Kabiye (22%) ΓÇô all official</span><span class="style42">Religions: </span><span class="style13">animist (50%), Roman Catholic (26%), Sunni Islam (15%)</span><span class="style42">GOVERNMENT</span><span class="style13">The President ΓÇô who appoints a Prime Minister and a Council of Ministers ΓÇô is elected by universal adult suffrage for five years. The 81-member National Assembly is also directly elected for five years.</span><span class="style42">GEOGRAPHY</span><span class="style13">Inland from a narrow coastal plain is a series of plateau rising in the north to the Chaine du Togo, including Pic Baumann at 983 m (3225 ft). </span><span class="style42">Climate: </span><span class="style13">Togo has a hot and humid tropical climate, although the north is drier.</span><span class="style42">ECONOMY</span><span class="style13">The majority of the labor force is involved in subsistence farming, with yams and millet as the principal crops. Phosphates are the main export. </span><span class="style42">Currency: </span><span class="style13">CFA franc.</span><span class="style42">HISTORY</span><span class="style13">Colonized by Germany in 1884, Togoland was occupied by Franco-British forces in World War I, after which it was divided between them as trust territories. British Togoland became part of Ghana; the French section gained independence as Togo in 1960, and subsequently relations with Ghana have been strained. Togo has experienced great political instability and several coups. A multi-party system was restored in the 1990s, but civil unrest has persisted owing to continued military intervention in political life.</span></text>
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