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Togolese Republic

National name: République Togolaise

Current government officials

Languages: French (official, commerce); Ewé, Mina (south); Kabyé, Dagomba (north); and many dialects

Ethnicity/race: 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%, Islam 20%

Literacy rate: 61% (2003 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2011 est.): $6.464 billion; per capita $1,000. Real growth rate: 4.9%. Inflation: 3.6%. Unemployment: n.a. Arable land: 44%. Agriculture: coffee, cocoa, cotton, yams, cassava (tapioca), corn, beans, rice, millet, sorghum; livestock; fish. Labor force: 2.595 million (2007); agriculture 65%, industry 5%, services 30% (1998 est.). Industries: phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement, handicrafts, textiles, beverages. Natural resources: phosphates, limestone, marble, arable land. Exports: $928.7 million (2011 est.): reexports, cotton, phosphates, coffee, cocoa. Imports: $1.455 billion (2011 est.): machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products. Major trading partners: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, Niger, Indonesia, China, India, France, UK, U.S., Belgium (2011).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 240,000 (2011); mobile cellular: 3.105 million (2011). Radio broadcast stations: 2 state-owned TV stations with multiple transmission sites; 5 private TV stations broadcast locally; cable TV service is available; state-owned radio network with multiple stations; several dozen private radio stations and a few community radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters available (2007). Radios: 940,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations: 3 (plus two repeaters) (1997). Televisions: 73,000 (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1,168 (2012). Internet users: 356,300 (2009).

Transportation: Railways: total: 568 km (2008). Highways: total: 7,520 km; paved: 2,376 km; unpaved: 5,144 km (2000 est.). Waterways: 50 km Mono river. Ports and harbors: Kpeme, Lome. Airports: 12 (2012).

International disputes: in 2001 Benin claimed Togo moved boundary monuments - joint commission presently resurveying the boundary.

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