Notsé
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Notsé formerly: Nuatjä |
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| 6 ° 56 '54 " N , 1 ° 10' 5" E | |||
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 Togo
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| Region : | Plateaux | ||
| Prefecture : | Haho | ||
| Height : | 150 m | ||
| Residents : | 35,039 (2010) | ||
Notsé ( German also: Nuatjä ) is a city in Togo . It is located in the south of the country in the Plateaux region and is the capital of the Haho prefecture. The capital Lomé is about 95 kilometers away in the south, the capital of the Atakpamé region is about 70 kilometers in the north. With a population of 35,000, Notsé is the ninth largest city in the country.
history
Center of the ewe
Notsé has already been around the 15th century by the Ewe founded as headquarters and thus represents a phase of settlement migration represents this ethnic group, which from the Nile Valley and the other stations Oyo ( Nigeria ), Ketou ( Benin ) and Tado (Togo) to the area came. To protect the settlement, a mud wall was built, known as "Agbogbo". Some remains of the 14.5 km long structure are still visible in places. A candidacy for the Wall of Notsé for UNESCO World Heritage was unsuccessful in 1987.
In the 17th century, after an internal crisis, a large part of the Ewe moved further west. Those left behind formed the six original quarters ( English Districts ) of the city (Alinou, Agbaladome, Adime Ekli, Tegbe and Kpedome) whose district chiefs are descendants of this group to this day. To this day, Notsé is a mythical place for the Ewe. The importance as a center of Ewe culture is underlined by the largest traditional festival of Ewe Agbogbo-Za , celebrated every year on the first Thursday in September in Notsé , at which kings and chiefs are also present to commemorate their diaspora.
The name Notsé is a deformation of the word "NOIN", which means "we stay here" in the Ewe dialect - this was also the name of a leader at the time. The German colonial name "Nuatjä" is another form of this name.
Colonial times
During the German colonial period , Notsé was from 1902 the seat of a government-run cotton school for the professional maintenance of new cotton fields, which in 1903 was left to the Colonial Economic Committee as the "Cotton School for Natives". In 1907 the school was taken over again by the government and expanded to become a general agricultural school and in 1912 to become a state cultural institute . Young Togolese between the ages of 17 and 23 were able to complete three-year agricultural courses in Nuatjä. Accordingly, large test fields for cultivation trials with cereals, pulses, fodder plants and cattle, pig and goat breeding facilities were set up. In 1911 a cotton station was attached to the institute.
Furthermore, Notsé was a stop of the Lomé-Atakpame hinterland railway (also known as the cotton railway) at km 97 , as well as a post and telegraph station.
Notsé today
Infrastructure
The N1 national road crosses the town in a north-south direction , and the city is also the starting point for the N6 national road running from there in an easterly direction . There is also a rail link in a north-south direction.
economy
Notsé is now known as the pineapple capital , which indicates the extensive cultivation of the fruit in the area.
Sports
The city is home to Anges FC , who play their home games at the local Stade Municipal .
architecture
The architect of the social station built in Notsé in 1966 is the Bremen architect Horst Rosengart .
Personalities
- Komi Sélom Klassou (* 1960), politician and Prime Minister of Togo since 2015.
- Henri Eninful (* 1992), Togo's national soccer player.
literature
- Keyword: Nuatja. In: Heinrich Schnee (Ed.): German Colonial Lexicon. Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1920, Volume II, p. 662 ( online ).
Web links
- Website with the population of various cities in Togo (accessed August 6, 2020).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernd G. Längin : The German Colonies - Schauplätze und Schicksale 1884-1918. Mittler, Hamburg / Berlin / Bonn 2005, ISBN 3-8132-0854-0 , p. 51.
- ↑ * Volker Plagemann (ed.): Horst Rosengart - experienced architecture . Bremen Center for Building Culture, Series Volume 5, Bremen 2006. ISBN 978-3-939401-08-7 .