Aného

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Aného or Anecho, with about 28,000 inhabitants and is the eighth largest city of Togo. It is located in the southwest of the country, near the border of the neighboring state of Benin, on a large lagoon between the Atlantic Ocean and the Togosee in the Maritime region. The capital Lomé is about 45 kilometers away.

History

Originally the place where there was a Portuguese slave market, known as the Klein- Popo. At the beginning of German colonial rule in 1884 Anecho was briefly occupied by the French. In exchange for Kapitaï and Koba, later Conakry in Guinea, the city was slammed in the border agreement dated December 24, 1885 Germany. From 1885 to 1897 was Sebe, a small village on the north side of the lagoon place to Anecho, seat of the central administration of the German colony of Togo, from the larger, eastern half later was the state Togo. After Sebe 1897 had to relinquish the capital Lomé status, Aného experienced a gradual decline, which was reinforced by erosion on the coasts.

1905 was the place by the railway line Lomé Aného a rail connection.

Economy

The city lives mainly from agriculture and fishing and is a center of voodoo cult. Notable buildings include the 1895, so the German colonial period, resulting Protestant Church, and the Roman Catholic Cathedral in 1898.

Attractions

In Adido district there is an old German cemetery with very well-preserved graves whose inscriptions are easy to read and so tell a bit of colonial history.

Also worth seeing is a small museum, which is loaded with pictures and objects from the German colonial period.