Facts

Location: Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Benin and Ghana

Area (only Total) total: 56,785 sq km

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

Population: 5,858,673

Main Language (only first): French

Government type: republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule

Capital (Name): Lome

Capital (Time Difference): Lome

Independence: UTC 0

National holiday: Independence Day, 27 April (1960)