Lomé
Lomé, estimated population 700,000 (
1998), is the
capital of
Togo. Located on the
Gulf of Guinea, Lomé is the country's administrative and industrial centre and its chief port. The city exports
coffee,
cocoa,
copra, and
palm kernels. It also has an
oil refinery. The city was founded in the
eighteenth century by the
Ewe people. In
1882, the village, known then as Bey Beach, became a major trading centre with the arrival of
Chico and
Octaviano Olympio as agents for the
British trading firm A. and F. Swanzy. Bey Beach became the capital of Togo when the
German rulers transferred capital status from
Aneho in
1897. The city then grew quickly until it was taken by the
French Army in
1914 during
World War I.
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Lomé
Lomé est la capitale du
Togo. Elle se situe à l'extrême sud-ouest du Togo, et s'étend le long du littoral du
Golfe de Guinée. Même si beaucoup avancent le chiffre d'un million d'habitants, officiellement, l'agglomération compte 796 416 habitants (chiffre de 2006), tandis que la ville compte 737 751 habitants.
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