WN.comArabicBengaliBulgarianChineseDutchEnglishFinnishFrenchGermanGujaratiHindiHungarianIndonesianJapaneseKannadaMalayMarathiPolishPortugueseRussianSpanishTagalogTamilTeluguUrduuploadLoginEditMonday, 09 February 2015LoméVideosVideo DetailsNewsLocationImagesWeatherRelatedCollageBBC ResultsShoppingTravel BookinghistoryFollow @worldnewsdotcomLoméLomé Travel GuidesLoméLomé Travel GuidesLoméRelated NewsTop HeadlinesFrenchGermanHindiIndonesianItalianPersianPortugueseRussianSpanishRelated SitesRelated LinksPeoplePlacesVideo SuggestionsWN ShoppingPublicationsaddadd longest videosLoading...Loading...Loading...Loading...Open Collage in a new WindowEmail the CollageListen to Lomé travel guidesPause Lomé travel guidesSorry, can't find any Lomé travel guide.MapLomé, with a population of 837,437  (Metro population 1,570,283), is the capital and largest city of Togo. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, Lomé is the country's administrative and industrial center and its chief port. The city exports coffee, cocoa, copra, and palm kernels. It also has an oil refinery.The city was founded in the 18th century by the Ewe people.The city's population grew rapidly in the second half of the 20th century. The city had approximately 30,000 inhabitants in 1950: by 1960 (the year Togo gained its independence from France) the population had reached 80,000, increasing to 200,000 by 1970.Since 1975, investments grew by 10% in the past year and had been targeted for development. At the same time, railways, which have an important role in serving the suburbs of the city, deteriorated however.Market gardening around the city increased, spurred by growing unemployment, rural migration and the demand for vegetables. Market gardening, first extended to the north, is carried on mainly along the beach (whose sand is very salty), and planting hedges provides protection.Read more...This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoméThis article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License,which means that you can copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license.Loading...Sorry your browser does not support IFRAMELoading suggestions ...4:43Violent braquage à l'aéroport de Lomé: les malfaiteurs ont semé la panique jusqu'à HedzranawoéViolent braquage à l'aéroport de Lomé: les malfaiteurs ont semé la panique jusqu'à HedzranawoéViolent braquage à l'aéroport de Lomé: les malfaiteurs ont semé la panique jusqu'à Hedzranawoé28/9/2014 - Un gang lourdement armé a opéré un sanglant braquage à l'aéroport de Lomé ce dimanche matin. La cible était un homme d'affaire qui portait une mallette d'argent. Dans leur fuite, les malfaiteurs ont semé la panique et la désolation en tirant sur tout ce qui pouvait géner leur passage, de l'aéroport jusque dans le quartier de Hedzranawoé tout proche. On dénombre pour l'instant un mort et plusieurs blessés43:16DAVIDO AU STADE MUNICIPAL DE LOMÉDA