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TITLE XII
Of the TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITIES and of the
TRADITIONAL CHIEFDOMS
Article 141
The Togolese Republic is organized in territorial collectivities on the basis of the principle of
decentralization within respect for the national unity.
These territorial collectivities are: the communes, the prefectures and the regions.
Any other territorial collectivity is created by the law.
The territorial collectivities administer themselves freely by councils elected by universal suffrage,
within the conditions provided for by the law.
Article 142
The State sees to the harmonious development of all the territorial collectivities on the basis of
national solidarity, of regional potentials and of inter-regional equilibrium.
Article 143
The Togolese State recognizes the traditional chiefdom, guardian of use and customs.
The designation and the enthronement of the traditional chief obeys the use and customs of the
locality.
Togo 1992 (rev. 2007)
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