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Togo Mountains

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Also known as Togo-Atakora Mountains, Atakora Mountains

mountain range in Africa

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Encyclopedic overview

The Togo Mountains in Benin Houses on the Akwapim mountain (Ghana) The Togo Mountains is a mountain range which stretches across the central region of the West African country of Togo and across the eastern and western borders of that country into Ghana and Benin. In Ghana, the range is also known as the Akwapim Hills, and in Benin it is also known as the Atakora Mountains /ˌætəˈkɔːrə/. Part of the range is associated with the country of Niger, where the W National Park is found. The African wild dog, Lycaon pictus, was historically found in this region but may now be extirpated from this locale.

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Togo Mountains” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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