Maritime Region of Togo
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The Maritime Region of Togo is the country’s southern coastal region, encompassing the capital Lomé and serving as a key economic and cultural hub where the Ewe people form a major ethnic group.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maritime Region of Togo canonical | 4 |
| Maritime Region, Togo | 2 |
| southern Togo | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2446326 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maritime Region of Togo Context triple: [Ewe, region, Maritime Region of Togo]
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A.
Insular Region of Equatorial Guinea
The Insular Region of Equatorial Guinea is the country's island territory in the Gulf of Guinea, encompassing several islands including Bioko and Annobón and hosting the national capital, Malabo.
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B.
Cap-Vert Peninsula
Cap-Vert Peninsula is the westernmost point of the African mainland, projecting into the Atlantic Ocean from Senegal and hosting the capital city, Dakar.
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C.
Bight of Benin
The Bight of Benin is a broad bay on the West African coast along the Gulf of Guinea, bordered by countries such as Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria and historically known for its role in the transatlantic slave trade.
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D.
Ogooué-Maritime Province
Ogooué-Maritime Province is a coastal region in western Gabon known for its Atlantic shoreline, rich biodiversity, and inclusion of protected areas such as Loango National Park.
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E.
Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea is a large northeastern arm of the Atlantic Ocean off the western coast of Africa, known for its significant shipping routes, rich oil and gas reserves, and strategic economic importance to the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maritime Region of Togo Target entity description: The Maritime Region of Togo is the country’s southern coastal region, encompassing the capital Lomé and serving as a key economic and cultural hub where the Ewe people form a major ethnic group.
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A.
Insular Region of Equatorial Guinea
The Insular Region of Equatorial Guinea is the country's island territory in the Gulf of Guinea, encompassing several islands including Bioko and Annobón and hosting the national capital, Malabo.
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B.
Cap-Vert Peninsula
Cap-Vert Peninsula is the westernmost point of the African mainland, projecting into the Atlantic Ocean from Senegal and hosting the capital city, Dakar.
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C.
Bight of Benin
The Bight of Benin is a broad bay on the West African coast along the Gulf of Guinea, bordered by countries such as Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria and historically known for its role in the transatlantic slave trade.
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D.
Ogooué-Maritime Province
Ogooué-Maritime Province is a coastal region in western Gabon known for its Atlantic shoreline, rich biodiversity, and inclusion of protected areas such as Loango National Park.
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E.
Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea is a large northeastern arm of the Atlantic Ocean off the western coast of Africa, known for its significant shipping routes, rich oil and gas reserves, and strategic economic importance to the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative region
ⓘ
first-level administrative division ⓘ |
| administrativeCentre | Lomé ⓘ |
| administrativeLevel | first level ⓘ |
| bordersCountry |
Benin
ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ |
| bordersInternalRegion | Plateaux Region of Togo ⓘ |
| capital | Lomé ⓘ |
| climate | tropical savanna climate ⓘ |
| coastType | low-lying sandy coast ⓘ |
| commonlySpokenLanguage | Ewe language ⓘ |
| contains | Lomé ⓘ |
| containsEthnicGroup |
Ewe people
ⓘ
linked to:
Ewe
Mina people ⓘ Watchi people ⓘ |
| country | Togo ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
commerce
ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ port services ⓘ |
| governingBody | regional administration of Maritime Region of Togo ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Lomé–Tokoin International Airport ⓘ |
| hasBorderFeature |
Gulf of Guinea coastline
ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf of Guinea
|
| hasCapitalFunction | hosts national capital of Togo ⓘ |
| hasCoastalCity | Lomé ⓘ |
| hasCoastalTown | Aného ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn | Gulf of Guinea ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
hosts main international airport of Togo
ⓘ
hosts main seaport of Togo ⓘ |
| hasPort | Port of Lomé ⓘ |
| hasReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ traditional African religions ⓘ |
| hasSettlement |
Aného
ⓘ
Lomé ⓘ Tsévié ⓘ Vogan ⓘ |
| hasUrbanArea |
Greater Lomé area
ⓘ
linked to:
Lomé
|
| languagePolicy | French as official language ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern Togo ⓘ |
| majorEthnicGroup |
Ewe people
ⓘ
linked to:
Ewe
|
| officialLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf |
Republic of Togo
ⓘ
linked to:
Togo
|
| role |
cultural hub of Togo
ⓘ
economic hub of Togo ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+0 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Maritime Region of Togo Description of subject: The Maritime Region of Togo is the country’s southern coastal region, encompassing the capital Lomé and serving as a key economic and cultural hub where the Ewe people form a major ethnic group.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maritime Region of Togo
linked to: Maritime Region of Togo
linked to: Maritime Region of Togo