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Administrative divisions 5 regions (regions, singular - region); Centrale, Kara, Maritime, Plateaux, Savanes
Capital city > Geographic coordinates	6 08 N, 1 13 E
Constitution multiparty draft constitution approved by High Council of the Republic 1 July 1992, adopted by public referendum 27 September 1992
Diplomatic representation from the US > Mailing address B. P. 852, Lome; 2300 Lome Place, Washington, DC 20512-2300
Diplomatic representation in the US > Chief of mission Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Lorempo LANDJERGUE
Executive branch > Cabinet Council of Ministers appointed by the president and the prime minister
Executive branch > Chief of state President Faure GNASSINGBE (since 4 May 2005); note - Gnassingbe EYADEMA died on 5 February 2005 and was succeeded by his son, Faure GNASSINGBE, with the support of the military following international condemnation for the unconstitutional move he then stepped aside pending elections, and Abass BONFOH served as interim president; Faure GNASSINGBE later won popular elections in April 2005
Flag description five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; a white five-pointed star on a red square is in the upper hoist-side corner; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
Government type republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule
Independence 27 April 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)
Judicial branch Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Legal system French-based court system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Legislative branch unicameral National Assembly (81 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
National holiday Independence Day, 27 April
Political parties and leaders Action Committee for Renewal or CAR [Yawovi AGBOYIBO]; Democratic Convention of African Peoples or CDPA; Democratic Party for Renewal or PDR; Juvento [Monsilia DJATO]; Movement of the Believers of Peace and Equality or MOCEP; Pan-African Patriotic Convergence or CPP; Rally for the Support for Development and Democracy or RSDD [Harry OLYMPIO]; Rally of the Togolese People or RPT [Faure GNASSINGBE]; Socialist Pact for Renewal or PSR; Union for Democracy and Social Progress or UDPS [Gagou KOKOU]; Union of Forces for a Change or UFC [Gilchrist OLYMPIO]
Status	pseudo-democracy
Suffrage NA years of age; universal (adult)
Time required to start a business > days	53 days		[43rd of 171]
Total businesses registered > number	1,684		[71st of 71]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International in 2001, Benin claimed Togo moved boundary monuments - joint commission continues to resurvey the boundary; in 2006 14,000 Togolese refugees remain in Benin and Ghana out of the 40,000 who fled there in 2005

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