Katcha, Togo

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Katcha
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Coordinates: 9°17′N0°39′E / 9.283°N 0.650°E / 9.283; 0.650 Coordinates: 9°17′N0°39′E / 9.283°N 0.650°E / 9.283; 0.650
Country Flag of Togo.svg Togo
Region Kara Region
Prefecture Bassar
Time zone UTC + 0

Katcha is a village in the Bassar Prefecture in the Kara Region of north-western Togo. [1]

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Ecology

This locale was historically a habitat for the endangered African wild dog, Lycaon pictus, [2] although pressures of the expanding human population render the existence of this species problematic in Katcha.

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  1. Maplandia world gazetteer
  2. C. Michael Hogan. 2009