Lomé (English spelling)

Japanese: ロメ（英語表記）Lomé

Togo's capital and port city. It is located in the southwest of the country, facing the Bay of Benin, a branch of the Gulf of Guinea. In 1897 it became the capital of German Togoland. In 1968, a deep-water port was completed in the eastern suburbs with assistance from West Germany. In addition to exporting domestic cocoa, coffee, copra, cotton, palm oil, and palm kernels, the city also handles some of the trade with Ghana and Burkina Faso. It is the starting point of three railway lines that run to Bassar and Kpalimé in the hinterland, and Anésho on the coast. It is blessed with limestone resources, a rare find in West Africa, and has a cement factory in partnership with neighboring countries. It is the political, economic, and cultural center of the country, and is home to the University of Benin and an international airport. Population: 750,757 (2010).

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Japanese:

トーゴの首都。港湾都市。同国南西部，ギニア湾支湾のベナン湾に臨む。 1897年ドイツ領トーゴランドの首都となった。 1968年西ドイツの援助で東郊に深水港が完成。国内のカカオ，コーヒー，コプラ，綿花，パーム油，パーム核などを輸出するほか，ガーナ，ブルキナファソの貿易の一部も扱う。後背地のバサール，クパリメ，沿岸のアネショにいたる3線の鉄道の起点。西アフリカでは珍しく石灰資源に恵まれ，近接諸国と共同のセメント工場がある。政治，経済，文化の中心地で，ベナン大学，国際空港がある。人口 75万757（2010）。

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