Togoville

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Togoville
Togoville Location in Togo
Coordinates: 6°14′N 1°29′E / 6.233, 1.483
Country	Togo
Region	Centrale Region

Togoville is a town in southern Togo, lying on the northern shore of Lake Togo. It was originally known as Togo. The country took its name from the town when Gustav Nachtigal signed a treaty with the town's chief, Mlapa III, in 1884,^[1] from which Germany claimed overlordship over what became Togo.^[2]

The main features of the town are Togoville Cathedral, built in 1910, and a shrine to the Virgin Mary to mark where she is said to have appeared on 7 November in the early 1970s, but there are also numerous voodoo shrines and the former royal palace. In June of 1984, a monument commemorating the 100th anniversary of the treaty was erected.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Cleere, Henry (2005). Archaeological Heritage Management in the Modern World. Routledge, 123. ISBN 0415214483. 
2. ^ Ebeku, Kaniye S. A (2005). The Succession of Faure Gnassingbe to the Togolese Presidency: An International Law Perspective. Stylus Publishing, 7. ISBN 9171065547. 

Coordinates: 6°14′N, 1°29′E