Facts for the Traveller
Population: 5400000
Area: 56600km²
Capital: Lomé (pop 600,000)
Currency: CFA Franc BCEAO (XOF)
Country dialing code: 228
Weights & Measures system: Metric
Electricity: 220V, 50Hz
Government type: republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule
President: Faure Gnassingbe
Prime Minister: Yawovi Agboyibo
Religions:
indigenous beliefs (59%), Christian (29%), Muslim (12%)