Togo Geography 1997

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 : 56,790 sq km
land: 54,390 sq km
water: 2,400 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; lowcoastal plain with extensive lagoons and marshes

Elevation extremes
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pic Baumann 986 m

Natural resources phosphates, limestone, marble

Land use
arable land : 38%
permanent crops: 7%
permanent pastures: 4%
forests and woodland: 17%
other : 34% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land 70 sq km (1993 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 useof wood for fuel; recent droughts affecting agriculture

Environment - international agreements
party to : Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Lawof the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, TropicalTimber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

NOTE: The information regarding Togo on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Togo Geography 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Togo Geography 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.