Maritime is the southernmost of Togo

Togo

Togo, officially the Togolese Republic , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. Togo covers an area of approximately with a population of approximately...

's five regions

Regions of Togo

||Togo is divided into five regions :*Centrale *Kara *Maritime *Plateaux *Savanes The regions are divided into 30 prefectures and 1 commune.-See also:...

, with the country's only shoreline on the Bight of Benin

Bight of Benin

The Bight of Benin is a bight on the western African coast that extends eastward for about 400 miles from Cape St. Paul to the Nun outlet of the Niger River. To the east it is continued by the Bight of Bonny . The bight is part of the Gulf of Guinea...

. Lomé

Lomé

Lomé, with an estimated population of 737,751, is the capital and largest city of Togo. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, Lomé is the country's administrative and industrial center and its chief port. The city exports coffee, cocoa, copra, and palm kernels...

 serves as both the regional and national capital. It is the smallest region in terms of area, but it has the largest population.

Other major cities in the Maritime region include Tsévié

Tsévié

Tsévié is a city in the Maritime Region of Togo. It is situated 32 km north of the capital Lomé and in 1981 had a population of 20,247. The city is inhabited primarily by Ewe people....

 and Aného

Aneho

Aného is a town in southeastern Togo. It is situated 45 km east of the capital Lomé, between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Togo in Maritime Region. Historically it was known under the name Little Popo and it had a Portuguese slave market. It later became the first German capital of Togo in the...

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Maritime is divided into the prefectures of Avé

Avé

Avé is a prefecture located in the Maritime Region of Togo. The prefecture seat is located in Kévé....

, Golfe

Golfe

Golfe is a prefecture located in the Maritime Region of Togo. The prefecture seat is located in Lomé....

, Lacs

Lacs, Togo

Lacs is a prefecture located in the Maritime Region of Togo. The prefecture seat is located in Aného. It contains Togo's farthest east point....

, Lomé

Lomé

Lomé, with an estimated population of 737,751, is the capital and largest city of Togo. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, Lomé is the country's administrative and industrial center and its chief port. The city exports coffee, cocoa, copra, and palm kernels...

, Vo

Vo, Togo

Vo is a prefecture located in the Maritime Region of Togo. The prefecture seat is located in Vogan....

, Yoto

Yoto

Yoto is a prefecture located in the Maritime Region of Togo. The prefecture seat is located in Tabligbo....

, and Zio

Zio

Zio can refer to the following:* Zio, Togo, a prefecture in southern Togo* Zio, the Italian word for uncle* Zio a major antagonist from the video game Phantasy Star IV* the Zonal Informatics Olympiad of the Indian Computing Olympiad...

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Maritime is located south of Plateaux Region

Plateaux Region, Togo

Plateaux is one of Togo's five regions.Atakpamé is the regional capital. It is the largest region in terms of area and has the second largest population . Other major cities in the Plateaux region include Kpalimé and Badou....

. In the west, it borders the Volta Region

Volta Region

Volta Region is one of Ghana's ten administrative regions. It is to the east of Lake Volta. Its capital is Ho.-List of districts:The region has 18 districts consisting of 3 municipal and 15 ordinary districts:-Background:...

 of Ghana

Ghana

Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

, and in the east it borders two departments

Departments of Benin

||Benin is divided into 12 departments , and subdivided into 77 communes . In 1999, the previous six departments were each split into two halves, forming the current 12...

 of Benin

Benin

Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...

: Kouffo

Kouffo Department

Kouffo is one of the twelve departments of Benin. The area of Kouffo is 2,404 km.² . Kouffo borders the country of Togo and it also borders the departments of Mono, Zou, and Atlantique. Since 2008, the capital is Aplahoué...

 farther north, and Mono

Mono Department

Mono is one of the twelve departments of Benin. The capital of this department is Lokossa. The department of Kouffo was part of Mono until 1999 when the Benin government split up some of the departments and made new departments. The Gen language is only spoken in this department in Benin...

farther south.