Togoville

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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,cite book |last=Cleere |first= Henry |title=Archaeological Heritage Management in the Modern World |pages=123 |year=2005 |publisher=Routledge |isbn= 0415214483] from which Germany claimed overlordship over what became Togo. [cite book |last= Ebeku |first=Kaniye S. A|title=The Succession of Faure Gnassingbe to the Togolese Presidency: An International Law Perspective |year=2005 |pages=7 |publisher=Stylus Publishing |location= |isbn=9171065547 ]

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 1984, a monument commemorating the 100th anniversary of the treaty was erected.

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