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Atakpamé

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Also known as the city of seven hills

Atakpamé is the fifth largest city in Togo by population (84,979 inhabitants in 2006), located in the Plateaux Region of Togo. Cotton production was fostered in the area during German colonial rule.

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Atakpamé is a human settlement and administrative territorial entity in Togo. It serves as the capital of the Plateaux Region and is located within the Ogou administrative area. The city has a population of 98,193, with another source listing the figure as 80,683. Atakpamé is twinned with Niort.

The settlement is situated at an elevation of 500 meters above sea level, though another record indicates an elevation of 361 meters. It lies in the UTC±00:00 time zone. Nearby residential areas include Gnagna, which is part of the Région des Plateaux.

Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Mapillary, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality
Gnagna
Region
Région des Plateaux
Country
Togo
Population
80,683
Timezone
Africa/Lome

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

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Atakpamé
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Atakpame view.jpg
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250px
Settlement.image_caption
Atakpamé in 2006
Settlement.pushpin_map
Togo
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bottom
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Location in Togo
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250
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
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Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Plateaux Region
Settlement.population_as_of
2006
Settlement.population_total
84979
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auto
Settlement.population_blank1_title
Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2_title
Religions
Settlement.timezone
GMT
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+0

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Demographics
  • Infrastructure
  • Climate
  • International relations
  • Twin towns — Sister cities
  • Sources
  • References
  • Works cited
  • Books
  • Journals

Atakpamé is the fifth largest city in Togo by population (84,979 inhabitants in 2006), located in the Plateaux Region of Togo. Cotton production was fostered in the area during German colonial rule.

==History==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Atakpamé” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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