Lomé (tgo)

Lomé

Lomé ranks 761st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Christchurch, Tucson, Arizona, and Exeter. Memorable people born in Lomé include Emmanuel Adebayor, Victoire Tomegah Dogbé, and Kossi Agassa. Memorable people who died in Lomé include Sylvanus Olympio and Massamasso Tchangai. Lomé has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and soccer players. Lomé is located in Togo.

Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437 while there were 2,188,376 permanent residents in its metropolitan area as of the 2022 census. Located on the Gulf of Guinea at the southwest corner of the country, with its entire western border along the easternmost edge of Ghana's Volta Region, Lomé is the country's administrative and industrial center, which includes an oil refinery. It is also the country's chief port, from where it exports coffee, cocoa, copra, and oil palm kernels. Read more on Wikipedia