Togo Prefectures

The prefecture is the second tier of Togo, between the five regions and the cantons, and the unit most Togolese maps are drawn in. There are 39 of them, from the small ones around Lomé on the coast to the wide ones of the north.

The quiz: Name to place, on the map
Grouped by: Region: the five of the country
In the game: 39 prefectures

Start

What you are looking at

The 39 prefectures of Togo, as the current map draws them. The count has grown over the years as large prefectures were split, especially around the capital and in the north, so an older map that shows fewer is from before those changes, and Agoè-Nyivé, Kpendjal-Ouest and Oti-Sud are the names that give it away.

Several prefectures are named for a river: Haho, Ogou, Mo, Oti, and the Mono ones (Est-Mono, Moyen-Mono, Bas-Mono) along the river that forms part of the border with Benin. Golfe is the prefecture of Lomé, and next to it the Lacs prefecture holds Lake Togo.

The prefectures are uneven. The south is crowded with small ones, many of them in Plateaux, which has twelve, the most of any region. The north is the opposite: Oti, Tône and Kpendjal are wide and thinly settled by Togolese standards.

The groups are the regions, so the game lets you drill them one at a time. Each region answers under the same name in Togo Regions.

How to place one

Pick one region and learn it. Centrale has only five and is the quickest to finish; Plateaux has twelve, the most of any.
Start on the coast. Golfe and Agoè-Nyivé are the two around Lomé, with Lacs, Vo, Yoto and Zio running east along the shore and inland.
Follow the Ghanaian border. Kloto, Agou, Danyi and Akébou sit on the hills along the western edge of Plateaux.
Read the north as large blocks. Oti, Tône and Kpendjal fill the top of the country, with Kozah and Doufelgou around the city of Kara.

Every prefecture, by region

Maritime8 prefectures: Agoè-Nyivé, Avé, Bas-Mono, Golfe, Lacs, Vo, Yoto, Zio
Kara7 prefectures: Assoli, Bassar, Binah, Dankpen, Doufelgou, Kozah, Kéran
Plateaux12 prefectures: Agou, Akébou, Amou, Anié, Danyi, Est-Mono, Haho, Kloto, Kpélé, Moyen-Mono, Ogou, Wawa
Savanes7 prefectures: Cinkassé, Kpendjal, Kpendjal-Ouest, Oti, Oti-Sud, Tandjouaré, Tone
Centrale5 prefectures: Blitta, Mo, Sotouboua, Tchamba, Tchaoudjo

Worked examples

Golfe

The capital

Golfe is the prefecture of Lomé, the capital, in the south west corner of Togo against the Ghanaian border. It is small enough that on a phone it needs a careful tap.

Agou

The one with the mountain

Agou, in the Plateaux region, takes its name from Mount Agou, the highest point in Togo.

Tone

The far north

Tône is a northern prefecture in the Savanes region, with the town of Dapaong. It is among the widest on the map, and a good contrast with the crowded south.