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Togo Geography 1996

Location:

Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Benin and Ghana

Map references:

Africa

Area:

total area:

56,790 sq km

land area:

54,390 sq km

comparative area:

slightly smaller than West Virginia

Land boundaries:

total 1,647 km, Benin 644 km, Burkina 126 km, Ghana 877 km

Coastline:

56 km

Maritime claims:

exclusive economic zone:

200 nm

territorial sea:

30 nm

International disputes:

none

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

Natural resources:

phosphates, limestone, marble

Land use:

arable land:

25%

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

forest and woodland:

28%

other:

42%

Irrigated land:

70 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:

current issues:

deforestation attributable to slash-and-burn agriculture and the use of wood for fuel; recent droughts affecting agriculture

natural hazards:

hot, dry harmattan wind can reduce visibility in north during winter; periodic droughts

international agreements:

party to - Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Tropical Timber 94

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