Dapaong, Savanes Region, Togo

Economy | Infrastructure | Education | Demographics

🇹🇬 Dapaong is a city in northern Togo and prefecture seat of Tône in the Savanes Region, of which it is also the capital. It is situated 638 km north of the capital Lomé, near the border with Burkina Faso. It is a market town and has a small museum.

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Economy Dapaong plays a strategic role in the trade of West Africa because it occupies a privileged place for the transit of goods to Burkina Faso, Benin and Niger. The local economy is therefore one of the most important in Togo. The economic centre of the city is the market with various shops which sell fabric, millet and sheep. The main sources of income are from craft manufacturing, trade and livestock, and agriculture (including cotton, millet, corn, tomato (dry season or against-season) and jatropha cultivation. Since the 2000s, the tomato cultivation has intensified around Dapaong exporting to Lome a significant amount of its production.

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Infrastructure Supplied with electricity from the Akosombo Dam, the city however faces major difficulties in water sanitation and public health.

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Education Dapaong has several public schools, including the High School, Nassablé. The authorities of Togo support students and gave them the opportunity to learn how to use computers after giving them 20 computers.

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Demographics Dapaong is populated predominantly by Moba, Gourma, Mossi and Fulani. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dapaong is located in the city.

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Lome Time 

Dapaong has a population of over 58,071 people. Dapaong also forms the centre of the wider Savanes Region which has a population of over 828,224 people.

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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Dapaong has links with:

🇫🇷 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Antipodal to Dapaong is: -179.797,-10.866

Locations Near: Dapaong 0.203067,10.8656

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Antipodal to: Dapaong -179.797,-10.866

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