Atakpamé

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Founded by the Yoruba people, Atakpamé, the fifth largest city in Togo by population (84,979 inhabitants in 2006), is a city in the Plateaux Region of Togo. It is an industrial centre and lies on the main north-south highway, 161 km north of the capital Lomé. It is also a regional commercial centre for produce and cloth.

Transport

The town is served by a station of the main northern line of Togo Railways.

Governance

The town was the administrative centre of German Togoland.

History

In 1914, during World War I, a British-French campaign in Togo was aimed at capturing or destroying a powerful German radio station at Kamina near Atakpame. The Allies feared that German maritime raiders would be able to maintain contact with Berlin via the station and thus rapidly pass on intelligence. A short campaign began on 6 August 1914, and the Germans were forced to destroy the station on 24 August before surrendering to the Allies on 26 August.

References

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/TO/0/Atakpame.html FallingRain Map - elevation = 95m (Red dots are railways)]