Maritime Region, Togo

This article is about the region of Togo. For the region of Canada, see Maritimes. For other regions, see Maritime.

Maritime Region (French: Région maritime) is the southernmost of Togo's five regions, with the country's only shoreline on the Bight of Benin. Tsévié serves as the regional capital. It is the smallest region in terms of area, but it has the largest population, with 3.5 million people.^[2]

Maritime
Region
Maritime Region
Country	Togo
Capital	Tsévié
Area
• Total	6,100 km2 (2,400 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)
• Total	3,534,991
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
HDI (2017)	0.532[1] low · 2nd

Maritime Region

Other major cities in the Maritime region include Lomé, the Capital of Togo, and Aného.

Maritime is located south of Plateaux Region. In the west, it borders the Volta Region of Ghana, and in the east it borders two departments of Benin: Kouffo further north, and Mono further south.

Prefectures

Map of Prefectures of the Maritime region of Togo.

Maritime is divided into the prefectures of Avé, Bas-Mono, Golfe, Lacs, Vo, Yoto, and Zio.^[3]