1968 Togo Boats Ships Vessels Lome Harbor Inauguration Lot Six Postage Stamps Used Togolaise.


Lomé (UK: /ˈloʊmeɪ/ LOH-may, US: /loʊˈmeɪ/ loh-MAY) is the capital and largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437 while there were 1,477,660 permanent residents in its metropolitan area as of the 2010 census. Located on the Gulf of Guinea at the southwest corner of the country, with its entire western border along the easternmost point 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.


Togo (/ˈtoʊɡoʊ/ , officially the Togolese Republic (French: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north.[8] It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its capital, Lomé, is located. It covers about 57,000 square kilometres (22,000 square miles) with a population of approximately 8 million,and has a width of less than 115 km (71 mi) between Ghana and its eastern neighbor Benin.


Togolese Republic

République togolaise (French)


Togo 641-644, C91-C92, C92a sheet, MNH. Michel 646-651, Bl.33. Inauguration of Lome Harbor, 1968. Viking ship, Portuguese brigantine, Fulton's and modern steamships, Harbor, map.