Atakpamé
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Atakpamé is the fifth largest city of Togo. The population was loud 1981 24.139 census, based on various calculations it is today between 72,700 in 2005 and 92,296 in 2008. Atakpamé is located in the Plateaux, whose capital it is. In addition Atakpamé is the administrative center of the surrounding Ogou Prefecture. Geographically Atakpamé 161 km north of the capital Lomé, on the western edge of the Atakora mountain range at an altitude of 250 m above sea level. NN.
History
Atakpamé was expanded into an administrative center of the German colony of Togoland. 1911 was the construction of the railway line north of Lome to Atakpamé and the construction of the transcontinental radio station Kamina 5,500 km range, which facilitated the communication between Berlin and the overseas territories in Africa. 1914, at the beginning of the First World War, the radio station was the target of the Franco-British campaign. The campaign began on August 6, 1914 in the coastal area, after fighting with Wahahala (north of Notsé ), the radio station on August 24, was blown up by retreating German troops, August 26, was the surrender.
Population
The population is made up of different ethnicities around. For the IFE Atakpamé is the center of their settlement area on the plateau are south Ewé and Adja encountered in the mountains north Atakpamés Kabye and Akébou, mainly west Akposso. Due to the strong inflow of population of the city, the ethnic groups in Atekpamé mix, other groups ( Fon, Kotokoli ) have settled.
The Notre- Dame de la Trinité Cathedral in Atakpamé being the bishop of the diocese existing since 1964 Atakpamé. Bishop is Nicodème Anani Barrigah - Benissan. In the diocese with 700,000 inhabitants 36.8 % belong to the Catholic faith. The Islamic influence in Atakpamé is rather low, natural religions dominate.
Economy
As an important transportation hub Atakpamé located on the National Road 1, the Togo crosses from north to south, west branches of larger roads to Boudou in the northwest and Kpalimé from the southwest. Atakpamé is connected to the also running north-south railway line and Togo also has a smaller airport, the airport Akpaka. Atakpamé is a center of textile processing and trading center of the surrounding area, coordinated by the SOTOCO, grown cotton. In the West Atakpamés, in a triangle with Boudou and Kpalimé in the prefecture of Amou, cocoa and coffee are grown mainly, which are transported to the part about Atakpamé. Even traditional crops such as yams and fonio are grown.
Sister City
Sons and daughters of the town
- Massamasso Tchangaï (1978-2010), football player