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Kish Industry
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Persian /
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conventional long form: Togolese
Republic
conventional short form: Togo
local long form: Republique Togolaise
local short form: none
former: French Togoland
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of
Benin, between Benin and Ghana
total: 56,785 sq km
land: 54,385 sq km
water: 2,400 sq km
French (official and the language of
commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two major African languages in the
south), Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) and Dagomba (the two major
African languages in the north)
phosphate mining, agricultural
processing, cement; handicrafts, textiles, beverages
reexports, cotton, phosphates, coffee,
cocoa
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs,
petroleum products
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Economy
GDP (2002 est.): $1.4 billion.
Per capita income (2002): $270.
Natural resources: Phosphates, limestone, marble.
Agriculture (40.1% of 2002 GDP): Products--yams, cassava,
corn, millet, sorghum, cocoa, coffee, rice, cotton.
Industry (21.6% of 2002 GDP): Types--mining, manufacturing,
construction, energy.
Services: 38.3% of 2002 GDP.
Trade: (2002): Exports--$438 million: phosphates, cocoa,
coffee, cotton. Imports--$662 million: consumer goods,
including foodstuffs, fabrics, clothes, vehicles, equipment. Major
partners--Ghana, France, Cote d'Ivoire, Germany, Nigeria, Canada,
People's Republic of China, Benin.
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