Togo: Flag and Facts
Togo's flag has five green and yellow horizontal stripes, plus a red square in the upper-left corner with a white five-pointed star.
- Official name
- Togolese Republic
- Capital
- Lomé
- Region
- Western Africa
- Population
- 9.1 million (2025)
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- West African CFA franc
- Area
- 56,785 km² (21,925 sq mi)
- People
- Togolese
- Calling code
- +228
- Highest point
- Mont Agou 986 m
- Independence
- 27 April 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)
- National symbols
- lion
- Borders
- Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana
About Togo
Different ethnic groups moved into the area between the 11th and 16th centuries. Later, the coast became a center of the slave trade, and the region got the grim nickname The Slave Coast. Germany made it a protectorate called Togoland in 1884, and France took over after World War I. French Togoland became independent Togo on 27 April 1960.
A military ruler took charge in 1967 and held power for close to four decades. His son became president in 2005, and the first fairly free legislative elections came in 2007. In 2019 the country held local elections for the first time in 32 years. The north is rolling savanna, the middle has hills, and the coast is low, with lagoons and marshes. About 9.1 million people live here, nearly 2 million of them in Lomé.
Did you know?
- Mont Agou is the highest point in Togo at 986 meters.
- The lion serves as Togo's national symbol.
- Each of the five stripes on the flag stands for one of the country's regions.
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Questions about Togo
What language is spoken in Togo?
French is the official language. Togo uses the West African CFA franc.
What do the colors on Togo's flag mean?
Red is loyalty and patriotism, green is hope and farming, and yellow is mineral wealth.
Sources
- CIA World Factbook, checked October 8, 2026
- REST Countries data (mledoze/countries), checked October 8, 2026
- Flag artwork: flag-icons (MIT), checked October 8, 2026
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