|
Country Overview
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Largest Cities
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|
City
|
Population
|
Estimated
|
|
Kara
|
104,207
|
2020
|
|
Lome
|
749,700
|
2020
|
|
Sokode
|
117,811
|
2020
|
| Region: |
Africa |
| Population: |
8,608,444 |
| Area Total: |
56,790km2 |
| Area Land: |
54,390km2 |
| Coast Line: |
56km |
| Capital: |
Lome |
| Climate: |
Tropical; hot, humid in south;
semiarid in north. |
| Languages: |
French (official and the language of commerce)
Ewe and Mina (the two major African
languages in the south)
Dagomba and Kabye (the two major African
languages in the north) |
| Currency: |
1 CFA = 100 centimes |
| Holiday: |
Independence Day is 27 April (1960), Liberation Day is 13 January |
Average Daily Temperature
|
| January: |
°C / 79.80°F |
| July: |
°C / 76.80°F |
| Annual Rainfall: |
mm / 49.7" |
Boundaries
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Ghana
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877 km
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Benin
|
644 km
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|
Burkina Faso
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126 km
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Ethnic Divisions
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Native African
|
99.00%
|
|
European and Middle Eastern
|
1.00%
|
Religions
|
|
Indigenous (animist) beliefs
|
50.00%
|
|
Christianity
|
30.00%
|
|
Islam
|
20.00%
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CountryWire
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