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| It turns out that there are still many Voodoo Believers in this country... |
It turns out that there are still many Voodoo Believers in this country...
The country of Togo is one of the countries that existed in west africa, in the past Togo was known by europeans as a slave beach, because this area became a place of slave trading from Africa. More details about the country of togo, here is the article..
Togo is a country located in the west african region. The official name of the country is the republic of togo. The country is located on the west coast of africa, which borders the gulf of guinea. On land the country of togo shares its borders with several other states such as with the country of ghana in the west, benin in the eastern part and with burkina faso in the northern part.
Togo is one of the smallest countries on the African continent, the land area of this country is 56,785 square kilometers. Then if we try to compare with the area in Indonesia, the area of the country of Togo is still slightly smaller than the area of the province of Aceh with its area reaching 57,956 square kilometers.
In 2020 it is estimated that the total population of togo is 8,608,444 inhabitants. In this country there are about 40 different ethnic groups or tribes. however, the most ethnic ones come from the ewe group. about 43% of Togo's population adheres to Christianity. while the other 14% adhere to Islam. Meanwhile, adherents of traditional beliefs are also still quite widely found in this country, which is about 35% of the population.
Togo is a multilingual country. According to ethnologue, there are about 39 different languages spoken in the country, many of which are spoken by communities whose number of members is less than 100,000. Of the 39 languages, the only official language is French.
The French language itself is used in formal, legislative education, all forms of media, administration and commerce. ewe language and kabiye language which are The native languages of Togo are spoken and politically established as national languages in 1975, Both are also the two most spoken native languages in Togo The state of Togo has its capital in Lome City, the city is also the largest city in the country of togo.
Its location in the bay of guinea in the southwest corner of the country makes lome city the administrative and industrial center of the country of Togo. The city is also a major port of togo, where the country exports coffee, cocoa, copra, and palm oil. The form of government of the state of togo is a presidential republic.
The country is led by a president who is directly elected in the election for a 5-year term, but it is not clear what the term limit is for each president. Apart from being the head of state, . the president is also the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and has the right to start legislation and dissolve parliament.
Executive power is exercised by the president and the government. And the head of government is a prime minister, appointed by the current president the president of togo is held by faure gnassingbe who has been president of this country since 2005.
Unfortunately, Togo is one of the least developed countries, by the international monetary fund organization or IMF, it is included in the top 10 poorest countries in the world.
The country's economy is heavily dependent on the agricultural sector, especially subsistence agriculture. Its agricultural products include coffee, cocoa, cotton, sweet potatoes, cassava, corn, beans, rice, pearl millet, sorghum and livestock such as fish. In the industrial sector, phosphate is togo's most important commodity, and the country is estimated to have phosphate reserves of 60 million metric tons. Which makes it the fourth largest phosphate deposit in the world.
History of Togo During the period from the 11th to the 16th century, various tribes entered the territory of togo from all directions. Such as the ewe tribe from the west, as well as the mina and gun tribes from the east. Most of them later settled in coastal areas. However, little information is known about the history of the togo region until before the end of the 15th century, when the Portuguese landed in this region.
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Joao de santarem and pero escobar were the first Europeans to see the togo region, they were portuguese explorers who sailed along the coast of togo. between 1471 and 1473. The potugis only arrived in the region at the end of the 15th century, around 1490, which was followed also by other european nations. The Portuguese established a fort in the porto seguro region and carried out trade there.
From the 16th to the 19th centuries the coastal region of togo became a major trading center . for the europeans to search for slaves, making togo and the surrounding area named slave coast or slave beach. In 1884, after the signing of a treaty between king mlapa III and the German authorities in togoville. Germany claimed a protectorate over stretches of territory along the coast and then gradually extended its control to inland areas.
In 1905, the region officially became a german colony and was named togoland. At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the togoland region was invaded and taken over by British and French forces, and the region was placed under anglo-french military rule. In 1916 the region was divided into separate English and French administrative zones.
In 1922, through the mandate of the league of nations, officially the western territories administered by the British became British Togoland, and the french-administered eastern territories became French Togoland. After World War II, the mandate became a UN trust territory administered by britain and france. During the period of mandate and guardianship, western togo was administered as part of the British Gold Coast.
In December 1956, residents of the British Togoland chose to join the gold coast as part of the newly independent country of ghana. While the French retained the right to control defense, foreign relations, and finances in the french togoland region.
In 1955 through a law, french togoland or french togoland became an autonomous republic within the unity of france, 13 october 1958, the french government announced that full independence would be granted to french togoland.
On November 14, 1958, the UN general assembly recorded a french government declaration stating that togo under french rule would gain independence in 1960, thus marking the end of the guardianship period in the region.
On 27 April 1960, togo severed its constitutional ties with france, relinquished its UN trusteeship status, and became fully independent under a provisional constitution with sylvanus olympio as president. The olympio government was marked by the terror of its militias, in December 1961, leaders of opposition parties were arrested for allegedly preparing an anti-government conspiracy.
A decree was issued on the dissolution of opposition parties. On January 13, 1963, the olympio was overthrown and killed in a coup d'état by a group of soldiers under the direction of sergeant gnassingbe eyadema.
The military then handed over power to an interim government led by nicolas grunitzky who was a political rival to the Olympios. Exactly four years later on January 13, 1967, the gnassingbe eyadema overthrew the grunitzky government in a bloodless coup and took over the country's presidency. Eyadema ruled the country for 38 years, until his death on February 5, 2005.
