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Lomé (lômā`), city (1998 est. pop. 700,000), capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea. It is the country's administrative, communications, and industrial center, and the chief port, handling such items as coffee, cocoa, copra, and palm nuts. In 1978, the city's oil refinery began production. Railroads connect the city with Togo's agricultural interior and with Benin. Lomé was a small village until 1897, when it became the capital of the German colony of Togo. The Univ. of Benin (1970; formerly the Institute of Higher Studies of Benin) is there. Togo's main airport is outside Lomé. LoméCity (pop., 2003 est.: 676,400; urban agglom.: 749,700), capital of Togo. Located on the Gulf of Guinea in southwestern Togo, it was chosen as the capital of German Togoland in 1897 and developed as an administrative and commercial centre. Its port was modernized in the 1960s, and its deepwater harbour is a major shipping centre. It is the site of the University of Bénin (1965). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Umea University, Umea, Sweden; ([dagger]) Association Protestante des Oeuvres Medico-Sociales et Humanitaires du Togo, Lome, Togo; ([doubledagger]) National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, USA; and ([section]) The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden Many weaving workshops can also be found in Accra and Lome, and Ewe weavers, with their long tradition of migration, have settled in other major West African cities such as Lagos (Kraamer 2005a:72, 146-7, Clarke 1999:68-9, Klein 1998:37). Ethiopian Airlines recently extended its network from Addis Ababa and now offers twice-daily services to Dubai, 11 weekly flights to Lagos, eight weekly flights to Accra, a daily service to Khartoum and Johannesburg, six-times-weekly flights to Dakar, five to N'djamena and four to Lome. |
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