Centrale is one of Togo's five

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Sokodé Sokodé is the second largest city in Togo and seat of the Tchaoudjo and Centrale Region in the center of the country, north of Lomé. With a population of 86,500 (2004), currently at around 189,000, the city is situated between the Mo and Mono ...

is the regional capital. Centrale is the least populated region in Togo with a total of 617,871 people according to a

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done in 2010. Other major cities in the Centrale region include Tchamba and

Sotouboua Sotouboua is a town located in Sotouboua Prefecture in the Centrale Region of Togo. Transport Sotouboua is the apparent railway terminus in the north. Accident On 6 December 1965, two trucks crashed into a crowd of dancers, killing 125 people. ...

. Centrale is divided into the prefectures of

Blitta Blitta is a prefecture and town located in the Centrale Region of Togo. Blitta has an area of 2,973 miles and there is roughly 200 or more villages in the area. The Blitta prefecture contains the canton (administrative divisions) of Blitta, Lan ...

, Subprefecture Mö,

, Tchamba, and

Tchaoudjo Tchaoudjo is a prefecture located in the Centrale Region of Togo. The capital city is Sokodé Sokodé is the second largest city in Togo and seat of the Tchaoudjo and Centrale Region in the center of the country, north of Lomé. With a popula ...

. Centrale is located north of Plateaux Region and south of

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. Like the rest of the regions of Togo, it borders

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in the west and

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in the east — specifically the Northern Region in the northwest and the

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in the southwest, and the

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in the northeast and the

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in the southeast.

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Centrale Region {{Togo-geo-stub

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