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| Land Boudaries Total :
| 1,647 km .
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| Geographic Coordinates :
| tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north .
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| Area Total :
| 56,785 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 54,385 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 2,400 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| slightly smaller than West Virginia .
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| Coast Line :
| 56 km .
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| Railways Total :
| 568 km .
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| Highways Total :
| 7,520 km .
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| Waterways :
| 50 km (seasonally on Mono River depending on rainfall) (2003) .
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| Ports and Harbors :
| Kpeme, Lome .
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Lomé, estimated population 700,000 (1998), is the capital of Togo. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, Lomé is the country's administrative and industrial centre and its chief port. The city exports coffee, cocoa, copra, and palm kernels. It also has an oil refinery. Lomé is located at 6°7'55" North, 1°13'22" East (6.131944, 1.222778). [1]
The city was founded in the eighteenth century by the Ewe people. In 1882, the village, known then as Bey Beach, became a major trading centre with the arrival of Chico and Octaviano Olympio as agents for the British trading firm A. and F. Swanzy.
Bey Beach became the capital of Togo when the German rulers transferred capital status from Aneho in 1897. The city then grew quickly until it was taken by the French Army in 1914 during World War I.
Lomé lies in the extreme south west of Togo, up against the Ghanaian border. Attractions in the city include Lomé Grand Market, the Togo National Museum in the Palais de Congrés, a fetish market, Lomé Cathedral, beaches and the former wharf.
The University of Benin is located in Lomé. Togo's main airport is outside the city, while the tallest building in Lomé and in all of Togo is the 2 Fevrier Sofitel Hotel building. The former railway line to Blitta runs from the city.
Neighbourhoods in Lomé include Kodjoviakopé, Nyekonakopé, Amoutivé, Tokoin and Bé. The northern neighbourhoods are almost separated from the centre by a lagoon.
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