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World Gazetteer Results for Tsévié:
NameTsévié
Geographical TypeLocality
Population55775
Latitude
Longitude
CountryTogo
Administrative DivisionMaritime
Dictionary Results for Togo:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Togo
    n 1: a republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of
         Guinea; formerly under French control [syn: Togo,
         Togolese Republic]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Togo

   Introduction Togo
   -----------------
                            Background: French Togoland became Togo in 1960.
                                        General Gnassingbe EYADEMA,
                                        installed as military ruler in 1967,
                                        is Africa's longest-serving head of
                                        state. Despite the facade of
                                        multiparty elections instituted in
                                        the early 1990s, the government
                                        continues to be dominated by
                                        President EYADEMA, whose Rally of
                                        the Togolese People (RPT) party has
                                        maintained power almost continually
                                        since 1967. In addition, Togo has
                                        come under fire from international
                                        organizations for human rights
                                        abuses and is plagued by political
                                        unrest. Most bilateral and
                                        multilateral aid to Togo remains
                                        frozen.
  
   Geography Togo
   --------------
                              Location: Western Africa, bordering the Bight
                                        of Benin, between Benin and Ghana
                Geographic coordinates: 8 00 N, 1 10 E
                        Map references: Africa
                                  Area: total: 56,785 sq km
                                        water: 2,400 sq km
                                        land: 54,385 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than West Virginia
                       Land boundaries: total: 1,647 km
                                        border countries: Benin 644 km,
                                        Burkina Faso 126 km, Ghana 877 km
                             Coastline: 56 km
                       Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        territorial sea: 30 NM
                               Climate: tropical; hot, humid in south;
                                        semiarid in north
                               Terrain: gently rolling savanna in north;
                                        central hills; southern plateau; low
                                        coastal plain with extensive lagoons
                                        and marshes
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: Mont Agou 986 m
                     Natural resources: phosphates, limestone, marble,
                                        arable land
                              Land use: arable land: 41.37%
                                        permanent crops: 1.84%
                                        other: 56.79% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 70 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: hot, dry harmattan wind can reduce
                                        visibility in north during winter;
                                        periodic droughts
          Environment - current issues: deforestation attributable to slash-
                                        and-burn agriculture and the use of
                                        wood for fuel; water pollution
                                        presents health hazards and hinders
                                        the fishing industry; air pollution
                                        increasing in urban areas
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Desertification, Endangered
                                        Species, Law of the Sea, Nuclear
                                        Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection,
                                        Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83,
                                        Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
                                        signed, but not ratified: none of
                                        the selected agreements
                      Geography - note: the country's length allows it to
                                        stretch through six distinct
                                        geographic regions; climate varies
                                        from tropical to savanna
  
   People Togo
   -----------
                            Population: 5,285,501
                                        note: estimates for this country
                                        explicitly take into account the
                                        effects of excess mortality due to
                                        AIDS; this can result in lower life
                                        expectancy, higher infant mortality
                                        and death rates, lower population
                                        and growth rates, and changes in the
                                        distribution of population by age
                                        and sex than would otherwise be
                                        expected (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 45.1% (male 1,195,052;
                                        female 1,187,014)
                                        15-64 years: 52.4% (male 1,351,345;
                                        female 1,420,617)
                                        65 years and over: 2.5% (male
                                        56,270; female 75,203) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 2.48% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 36.11 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 11.3 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.97 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 69.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 54.02 years
                                        female: 56.07 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 52.03 years
                  Total fertility rate: 5.14 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 5.98% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 130,000 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 14,000 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Togolese (singular and plural)
  
                                        adjective: Togolese
                         Ethnic groups: native African (37 tribes; largest
                                        and most important are Ewe, Mina,
                                        and Kabre) 99%, European and Syrian-
                                        Lebanese less than 1%
                             Religions: indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian
                                        29%, Muslim 20%
                             Languages: French (official and the language of
                                        commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two
                                        major African languages in the
                                        south), Kabye (sometimes spelled
                                        Kabiye) and Dagomba (the two major
                                        African languages in the north)
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 51.7%
                                        male: 67%
                                        female: 37% (1995 est.)
  
   Government Togo
   ---------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Togolese
                                        Republic
                                        conventional short form: Togo
                                        local short form: none
                                        former: French Togoland
                                        local long form: Republique
                                        Togolaise
                       Government type: republic under transition to
                                        multiparty democratic rule
                               Capital: Lome
              Administrative divisions: 5 regions (regions, singular -
                                        region); De La Kara, Des Plateaux,
                                        Des Savanes, Centrale, Maritime
                          Independence: 27 April 1960 (from French-
                                        administered UN trusteeship)
                      National holiday: Independence Day, 27 April (1960)
                          Constitution: multiparty draft constitution
                                        approved by High Council of the
                                        Republic 1 July 1992; adopted by
                                        public referendum 27 September 1992
                          Legal system: French-based court system
                              Suffrage: NA years of age; universal adult
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Gen.
                                        Gnassingbe EYADEMA (since 14 April
                                        1967)
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Agbeyome KODJO (since 29 August
                                        2000)
                                        cabinet: Council of Ministers
                                        appointed by the president and the
                                        prime minister
                                        elections: president elected by
                                        popular vote for a five-year term;
                                        election last held 21 June 1998
                                        (next to be held NA 2003); prime
                                        minister appointed by the president
                                        election results: Gnassingbe EYADEMA
                                        reelected president; percent of vote
                                        - Gnassingbe EYADEMA 52.13%,
                                        Gilchrist OLYMPIO 34.12%, other
                                        13.75%
                    Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (81
                                        seats; members are elected by
                                        popular vote to serve five-year
                                        terms)
                                        elections: last held 21 March 1999
                                        (next was tentatively scheduled for
                                        March 2002, however, it was
                                        postponed with no new date given)
                                        note: Togo's main opposition parties
                                        boycotted the election because of
                                        EYADEMA's alleged manipulation of
                                        1998 presidential polling; in March
                                        of 1999, opposition parties entered
                                        into negotiations with the president
                                        over the establishment of an
                                        independent electoral commission and
                                        a new round of legislative elections
  
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - NA%; seats by party - RPT
                                        79, independents 2
                       Judicial branch: Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel;
                                        Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
         Political parties and leaders: Action Committee for Renewal or CAR
                                        [Yawovi AGBOYIBO]; Coordination des
                                        Forces Nouvelles or CFN [Joseph
                                        KOFFIGOH]; Democratic Convention of
                                        African Peoples or CDPA [Leopold
                                        GNININVI]; Party for Democracy and
                                        Renewal or PDR [Zarifou AYEVA];
                                        Patriotic Pan-African Convergence or
                                        CPP [Edem KODJO]; Rally of the
                                        Togolese People or RPT [President
                                        Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA]; Union of
                                        Forces for Change or UFC [Gilchrist
                                        OLYMPIO (in exile), Jean Pierre
                                        FABRE, general secretary in Togo];
                                        Union of Independent Liberals or ULI
                                        [Jacques AMOUZOU]
                                        note: Rally of the Togolese People
                                        or RPT, led by President EYADEMA,
                                        was the only party until the
                                        formation of multiple parties was
                                        legalized 12 April 1991
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS,
                         participation: Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO,
                                        ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD,
                                        IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol,
                                        IOC, ITU, MIPONUH, NAM, OAU, OIC,
                                        OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,
                                        UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCL,
                                        WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador
                                        Akoussoulelou BODJONA
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 232-3190
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 234-4212
                                        chancery: 2208 Massachusetts Avenue
                                        NW, Washington, DC 20008
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Karl
                                    US: HOFMANN
                                        embassy: Angle Rue Kouenou and Rue
                                        15 Beniglato, Lome
                                        mailing address: B. P. 852, Lome
                                        telephone: [228] 221 29 91 through
                                        221 29 94
                                        FAX: [228] 221 79 52
                      Flag description: five equal horizontal bands of green
                                        (top and bottom) alternating with
                                        yellow; there is a white five-
                                        pointed star on a red square in the
                                        upper hoist-side corner; uses the
                                        popular pan-African colors of
                                        Ethiopia
  
   Economy Togo
   ------------
                    Economy - overview: This small sub-Saharan economy is
                                        heavily dependent on both commercial
                                        and subsistence agriculture, which
                                        provides employment for 65% of the
                                        labor force. Some basic foodstuffs
                                        must still be imported. Cocoa,
                                        coffee, and cotton generate about
                                        40% of export earnings, with cotton
                                        being the most significant cash crop
                                        despite falling prices on the world
                                        market. Political unrest, including
                                        private and public sector strikes
                                        throughout 1992 and 1993,
                                        jeopardized the reform program,
                                        shrunk the tax base, and disrupted
                                        vital economic activity. The 12
                                        January 1994 devaluation of the XOF
                                        currency by 50% provided an
                                        important impetus to renewed
                                        structural adjustment. In the
                                        industrial sector, phosphate mining
                                        is by far the most important
                                        activity. Togo is the world's fourth
                                        largest producer, and geological
                                        advantages keep production costs
                                        low. The recently privatized mining
                                        operation, Office Togolais des
                                        Phosphates (OTP), is slowly
                                        recovering from a steep fall in
                                        prices in the early 1990's, but
                                        continues to face the challenge of
                                        tough foreign competition,
                                        exacerbated by weakening demand.
                                        Togo serves as a regional commercial
                                        and trade center. It continues to
                                        expand its duty-free export-
                                        processing zone (EPZ), launched in
                                        1989, which has attracted
                                        enterprises from France, Italy,
                                        Scandinavia, the US, India, and
                                        China and created jobs for Togolese
                                        nationals. The government's decade-
                                        long effort, supported by the World
                                        Bank and the IMF, to implement
                                        economic reform measures, encourage
                                        foreign investment, and bring
                                        revenues in line with expenditures
                                        has stalled. Progress depends on
                                        following through on privatization,
                                        increased openness in government
                                        financial operations, progress
                                        towards legislative elections, and
                                        possible downsizing of the military,
                                        on which the regime has depended to
                                        stay in place. Lack of large-scale
                                        foreign aid, deterioration of the
                                        financial sector, energy shortages,
                                        and depressed commodity prices
                                        continue to constrain economic
                                        growth. The takeover of the national
                                        power company by a Franco-Canadian
                                        consortium in 2000 should ease the
                                        energy crisis.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $7.6
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 2.2% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $1,500
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 42%
                                        industry: 21%
                                        services: 37% (2001 est.)
         Population below poverty line: 32% (1989 est.)
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.3% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 1.74 million (1996)
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 65%, industry 5%,
                                        services 30% (1998 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: NA%
                                Budget: revenues: $232 million
                                        expenditures: $252 million,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (1997 est.)
                            Industries: phosphate mining, agricultural
                                        processing, cement; handicrafts,
                                        textiles, beverages
     Industrial production growth rate: NA%
              Electricity - production: 97 million kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 97.94%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        hydro: 2.06%
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 525.21 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 435 million kWh
                                        note: electricity supplied by Ghana
                                        (2000)
                Agriculture - products: coffee, cocoa, cotton, yams, cassava
                                        (tapioca), corn, beans, rice,
                                        millet, sorghum; livestock; fish
                               Exports: $306 million (f.o.b., 2001)
                 Exports - commodities: cotton, phosphates, coffee, cocoa
                    Exports - partners: Benin 12%, Nigeria 9%, Belgium 5%,
                                        Ghana 4% (2000)
                               Imports: $420 million (f.o.b., 2001)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, foodstuffs,
                                        petroleum products
                    Imports - partners: Ghana 26%, France 11%, China 7%,
                                        Cote d'Ivoire 7% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $1.5 billion (1999)
              Economic aid - recipient: $201.1 million (1995)
                              Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine
                                        franc (XOF); note - responsible
                                        authority is the Central Bank of the
                                        West African States
                         Currency code: XOF
                        Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine
                                        francs (XOF) per US dollar - 741.79
                                        (January 2002), 733.04 (2001),
                                        711.98 (2000), 615.70 (1999), 589.95
                                        (1998), 583.67 (1997); note - from 1
                                        January 1999, the XOF is pegged to
                                        the euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF
                                        per euro
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Togo
   -------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 25,000 (1997)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 2,995 (1997)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: fair system
                                        based on a network of microwave
                                        radio relay routes supplemented by
                                        open-wire lines and a mobile
                                        cellular system
                                        domestic: microwave radio relay and
                                        open-wire lines for conventional
                                        system; cellular system has capacity
                                        of 10,000 telephones
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic
                                        Ocean) and 1 Symphonie
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 4 (1998)
                                Radios: 940,000 (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 3 (plus two repeaters) (1997)
                           Televisions: 73,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .tg
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (2001)
                        Internet users: 20,000 (2001)
  
   Transportation Togo
   -------------------
                              Railways: total: 525 km
                                        narrow gauge: 525 km 1.000-m gauge
                                        (2001)
                              Highways: total: 7,520 km
                                        paved: 2,376 km
                                        unpaved: 5,144 km (1996)
                             Waterways: 50 km (Mono river)
                     Ports and harbors: Kpeme, Lome
                       Merchant marine: total: 1 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 2,603 GRT/2,800 DWT
                                        ships by type: specialized tanker 1
                                        note: includes a foreign-owned ship
                                        registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Greece 1 (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 9 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 2
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 7
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 5
                                        under 914 m: 2 (2001)
  
   Military Togo
   -------------
                     Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,220,758 (2002
                                        est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 640,280 (2002 est.)
                               service:
         Military expenditures - dollar $21.9 million (FY01)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of 1.8% (FY01)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Togo
   -------------------------
              Disputes - international: Benin accuses Togo of moving
                                        boundary markers and stationing
                                        troops in its territory
                         Illicit drugs: transit hub for Nigerian heroin and
                                        cocaine traffickers
  
                                       



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