Lomé, city, capital of Togo. Lomé lies on the Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic coast) in the extreme southwestern corner of the country. Selected as the colonial capital of German Togoland in 1897, it became important as an administrative, commercial, and transport centre.
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In 1895 the capital Lomé had a population of 31 Germans and 2,084 natives. By 1913 the native population had grown to 7,042 persons together with 194 Germans ...
German colonial forces withdrew from the capital Lomé and the coastal province to fight delaying actions on the route north to Kamina, where the Kamina ...
Mar 18, 2024 · My City Lomé Togo's capital Lomé is a pumping city located right on the border with Ghana. Local wood sculptor Goha Atisso shares some of the ...
Lomé, on the Gulf of Guinea, was developed as the principal town and port, and roads and railways were constructed to link the port to parts of the interior.
Oct 1, 2014 · Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. Lomé was founded by the Ewe, an indigenous ethnic group, in 1880. Located on the southwestern ...
Togoland was a small German colony surrounded by British and French colonies. Situated here, in the age when radio communications were just beginning to take ...
In the years just before World War I, Lomé had grown into the "prettiest town in West Africa". Because it was one of Germany's two self-supporting colonies, ...
As the capital and largest city in Togo—a small, West African coastal nation—Lomé is home to more than 1.5 million residents. This thriving metropolis sports ...
