Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 220V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Togo
- +228
What every visitor should know about Togo:
- Money
- The currency is the West African CFA franc (XOF). 100 XOF is worth about US$0.22, or €0.15.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 2.5 out of 5 (Use caution)
Areas of concern:
- Mugging
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Armed robbery is rare but occurs
- Carjacking
- Robberies in unlicensed taxis
- Capital
- Lome
- Tap water
- Very dangerous. Water-borne disease is widespread and purification is unreliable. Drink boiled or bottled water only.
Togo facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 6,019,877
- Language
- 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)
- Ethnicity
- African (37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabre) 99%, European and Syrian-Lebanese less than 1%
Economy
- GDP
- US$900 (per capita)