Lomé
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| 6 ° 7 '55 " N , 1 ° 13' 22" E | |||
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| State : |
 Togo
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| Region : | Maritime | ||
| Prefecture : | Lomé | ||
| Height : | 63 m | ||
| Area : | 345 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1,708,000 (2017) | ||
| Population density : | 4951 inhabitants per km² | ||
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Lomé , formerly Lome , is the capital of Togo and the cultural, economic and commercial center of the African state. The city is also the capital of the Maritime region .
geography
The city is located on the Gulf of Guinea on the 52 km long coast of Togo (see map). The location on the Atlantic Ocean is important for the economy of Togo and its neighboring countries and western countries.
population
From 1950 to 2017 the population increased from 33,000 to 1.7 million. For the year 2050 5 million inhabitants are forecast.
Population development of the agglomeration according to the UN
| year | population |
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| 1950 | 33,000 |
| 1960 | 95,000 |
| 1970 | 192,000 |
| 1980 | 344,000 |
| 1990 | 619,000 |
| 2000 | 1,023,000 |
| 2010 | 1,466,000 |
| 2017 | 1,708,000 |
Lomés district (the list is not complete)
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climate
Lomé is located in the tropical climate belt, there are two rainy seasons annually: from April to June and from September to November. The rainiest months are June and October. The humidity in June is around 80 percent. The driest month is December. It is warmest in March with midday temperatures around 32 ° C. The coolest month is August with temperatures of around 27 ° C.
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Lomé
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history
Lomé was founded by the Ewe in the 18th century . The place was an insignificant village until 1882, but soon became an important trading center with the arrival of the Afro-Brazilian brothers Chico and Octaviano Olympio as representatives of the British trading company A. and F. Swanzy that year. The place was known under the English name Bey Beach at the time.
From the mid-1880s, Togo belonged to the colonial territory of the German Empire . In 1897 the German colonial administration moved its headquarters to Lomé, which then also developed into Togo's trade and transport center. This was reflected in the construction of the post office in 1899/1900 and the Lome landing stage in 1902–1904. In the old town there are still buildings from Togo's German colonial times, such as B. the governor's palace or the neo-Gothic cathedral .
From 1905 Lomé was the starting point of Togoland's first railway line, the Lomé – Aného line .
After the First World War , Togo was taken over by the League of Nations and a greater part of France and a lesser part of Great Britain were assigned as mandate territory. While the British part of Togo now belongs to Ghana , the independent Republic of Togo (independence 1960) corresponds to the French mandate area.
In 1975, Lomé was the place of negotiation for one of the most important treaties between the European Economic Community (EEC) (from 1993 EC in the EU ) and the African, Pacific and Caribbean countries ( ACP countries ), in which financial and general political cooperation was based on a five- Annual basis (later ten years) was agreed. The Lomé Convention was named after the place where it was signed.
politics
As the capital of the Republic of Togo, Lomé is the country's political center. In addition to the President, the government (Primature) also has its seat here.
The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) also meets in Lomé.
Economy and Transport
Lomé is the economic center of Togo. Much of the export and import business takes place through its port. The port of Lomé is also an important bottleneck in the import-export trade ( free port zone ) for the surrounding landlocked states of Mali , Burkina Faso and Niger . Some important employers and industries in the urban area of Lomé are the steel mill, the petroleum refinery and a large power plant.
Three railway lines lead from the port into the hinterland of Togo. Lomé also has an international airport .
In a ranking of cities according to their quality of life, Lomé was ranked 206th out of 231 cities worldwide in 2018.
education
The following educational institutions are / were to be found in Lomé:
- University of Lomé (exists since 1970, founded as a college in 1965)
- Technical schools for architecture and administration
- Training center of the Pan-African Foundation for Economic, Cultural and Social Education
- Goethe Institute
- Technical and economic high school (Lycée technique de Lomé)
Culture and sights
Museums
- The National Museum with exhibitions on Togolese culture and the conflict between indigenous people and colonial rulers
- The national library
- The Musée International du Golfe de Guinée, founded by the Swiss René David , with more than 1,600 objects from more than two millennia
Buildings
- The Maison du RPT, the party house of the Unity Party founded by President Eyadéma , combines European architecture with African reliefs by the Togolese artist Paul Ahyi.
- The Place de l'Indépendance with the Independence Monument
- The Governor's Palace
- The neo-Gothic Herz-Jesu-Kathedralkirche is the episcopal church of the Archdiocese of Lomé .
- Boulevard de la République - called Marina - is the name of the promenade along the Atlantic Ocean.
Markets
- The Akodésséwa or Marché au Féticheurs fetish market is a “voodoo market” located a little outside the city and sells miracle medicines of all kinds.
- The Grand Marché in a three-story building has “departments” for goods of all kinds.
- The Village Artisanal handicraft market: local handicrafts are made and offered for sale.
Town twinning
Sister cities are Lomés
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Duisburg , Germany
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Shenzhen , People's Republic of China
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Pyongyang , Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Bay City , Michigan , USA
In addition, there are relationships within the framework of the Coopération décentralisée with the French cities of Calais , Lyon , Marseille and Nice .
sons and daughters of the town
- Siru Pedro Olympio (1898–1969), diplomat and doctor
- Alex Funke (1914–2003), German Protestant pastor
- Adolf Winkler (* 1939), jazz musician
- Christiane Ekué (* 1954), writer and publisher
- Améleté Abalo (1962–2010), football player and coach
- Bachirou Salou (* 1970), football player
- Tadjou Salou (1974-2007), football player
- Jean-Paul Abalo Yaovi (* 1975), football player
- Kossi Agassa (* 1978), soccer goalkeeper
- Yao Aziawonou (* 1979), soccer player
- Daré Nibombé (* 1980), football player
- Ousseni Labo (* 1982), football player
- Moustapha Salifou (born 1983), football player
- Emmanuel Adebayor (* 1984), football player
- Abdoulaye Ibrahim (* 1986), football player
- Gale Agbossoumonde (* 1991), Togolese-American football player
- Peniel Mlapa (* 1991), German soccer player
- Kodjovi Koussou (* 1992), German-Togolese football player
- Kwame Mawuena (* 1992), football player
- Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean (* 1994), cross-country skier
- Hilary Kpatcha (* 1998), French athlete
Sports
Web links
- ub.tg - website of the University of Lomé
- republicoftogo.com - website for Togo
- diastode.org - Diaspora of Togo
- German seaman's home in Lomé
Individual evidence
- ↑ City population 2050 | Sustainability Today. Retrieved July 24, 2018 .
- ↑ World Urbanization Prospects - Population Division - United Nations. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .
- ↑ wetterkontor.de
- ↑ Kevin Reidegeld: The Imperial Post Office in Lomé, in: The archive - magazine for communication history. Issue 2, 2017, pp. 36–41.
- ↑ Mercer's 2018 Quality of Living Rankings. Retrieved July 30, 2018 .
- ^ Website Lomé - Présentation de la commune de Lomé , accessed on October 17, 2016