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14-627: Atakpamé is located on a hilly wooded savannah on the eastern end of the Atakora Mountain range, and together with Kpalimé represent the last major settlements of Yoruba origin dotted between the Niger and the Volta rivers. In the 1764 Battle of Atakpamé , the town played host to a clash between the rebellious Akyem vassal state with the help of Yoruba mercenaries of the Oyo Empire and

28-463: A link for the German colonies among themselves and to establish a connection between these colonies and the German metropolis. Atakpamé has a tropical savanna climate ( Köppen Aw ) characterised by a short dry season with the northeasterly harmattan trade winds from November to February and a lengthy though not intense wet season between March and October. The town is served by a station of

42-655: Is a Togolese football, or soccer, club based in Atakpamé . They play in the two division in Togolese football, the Togolese Championnat League 2. The club played in the 2004/05 Togolese Cup. The club plays their home matches at Guanha Usdao Pesihu, which has a maximum capacity of 4,000 people Guanha Usdao Pesihu is a stadium in Atakpamé, Togo. It is currently used mostly for football matches,

56-586: Is the home of Korikossa d'Atakpamé football club. Atakpamé is twinned with: Atakora Mountains The Togo Mountains is a mountain range which stretches across the central region of the West African country of Togo and across the eastern and western borders of that country into Ghana and Benin . In Ghana, the range is also known as the Akwapim Hills , and in Benin it is also known as

70-476: The Atakora Mountains / ˌ æ t ə ˈ k ɔːr ə / . Part of the range is associated with the country of Niger , where the W National Park is found. The African wild dog , Lycaon pictus , was historically found in this region but may now be extirpated from this locale. The Togo Mountains run across the central region of Togo, ranging from the southwest to the northeast. To the northeast,

84-535: The Togoland Campaign . It was aimed at capturing or destroying a powerful German radio station at Kamina near Atakpamé. The Allies feared that German maritime raiders would be able to maintain contact with Berlin via the station and thus rapidly pass on intelligence. A short campaign began on 6 August 1914, and the Germans were forced to destroy the station on 24 August before surrendering to

98-688: The Allies on 26 August. It was during this campaign that Alhaji Grunshi fired the first shot by anyone in British service during the war. Most native residents of the city are the Ana subgroup of the Yoruba people . During Colonization the German colonial government built a wireless transmitter center in Kamina at Atakpamé from 1911 to 1914 in the Togolese colony. This transcontinental radio station served as

112-780: The Dahomeans against the forces of the Ashanti Empire under their Asantehene , Kusi Obodom . In 1763, the Ashante vassal state of Akyem made contact with the Dahomeans to the east while planning a rebellion with other dissident vassal states within the empire, such as the Kwahu and Brong. In the meanwhile, the Bantamahene, one of the Asante senior military officers had been relentlessly pressuring Asantehene Kusi Obodum to crush

126-480: The Oyo Empire was the destoolment of Kusi Obodum, who was replaced by a much younger and charismatic Asantehene, Osei Kwadwo . In 1902, the town was the scene of a scandal in which German Catholic missionaries accused German colonial officials of mistreating girls. The scandal had reverberations in German politics. In 1914, during World War I , the British and French invaded the German colony of Togoland during

140-531: The building rebellion in war. The Bantamahene Adu Gyamera even went as far as threatening Asantehene's impeachment from power. However The Asantehene ordered no invasions until news reached them that the Akyems had sought out aid from the Oyo Empire. The result of the battle was a crushing defeat of the Ashanti forces and the death of their Juabenhene (head of one of the royal clans). The repercussion of this defeat by

154-756: The highest point of Benin is part of the Atakora Mountains. To the north of the Togo Mountains, there is undulating savannah, creased by the broad, meandering valley of the Oti River , a tributary of the River Volta , which flows through Lake Volta and into the Gulf of Guinea in Ghana. Several tributaries to this river system flow from the northern side of the Togo Mountains. To the south of

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168-531: The main northern line of Togo Railways . The town was the administrative centre of German Togoland . Among the places of worship , they are predominantly Christian churches and temples : Roman Catholic Diocese of Atakpamé ( Catholic Church ), Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Togo ( World Communion of Reformed Churches ), Togo Baptist Convention ( Baptist World Alliance ), Living Faith Church Worldwide , Redeemed Christian Church of God , Assemblies of God . There are also Muslim mosques. Atakpamé

182-554: The mountain range extends into Benin where it is known as the Atakora Mountains, and to the southwest it extends into Ghana where it is known as the Akwapim Hills. The average elevation of these mountains is 700 metres (2,300 ft) and the highest peak in Togo is Mount Agou , with a height of 986 metres (3,235 ft). It is in the southwestern part of the range, close to the border with Ghana. Mont Sokbaro , widely cited as

196-526: The mountains lies a plateau, which further south slopes gently towards the coast. The central and southern sides of the mountains drain into tributaries of the Mono River , which flows into the Gulf of Guinea through swampland on the borders of Togo and Benin. 7°25′N 0°40′E  /  7.417°N 0.667°E  / 7.417; 0.667 Korikossa d%27Atakpam%C3%A9 Korikossa d'Atakpamé

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