Togoland region

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The Togoland region was a former German colonial territory in West Africa that later became divided between modern-day Ghana and Togo.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Togoland 1
former Trans-Volta Togoland 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former German colony
historical region
administeredAs German protectorate
areaType coastal and inland territory
borders Dahomey NERFINISHED
Gold Coast NERFINISHED
Upper Volta NERFINISHED
capital Lomé NERFINISHED
coastlineOn Gulf of Guinea NERFINISHED
colonialLanguage German
colonialPower German Empire NERFINISHED
dividedBetween Ghana NERFINISHED
Togo NERFINISHED
endReason World War I NERFINISHED
endTime 1914
ethnicGroupsHistoricallyPresent Dagomba people NERFINISHED
Ewe people NERFINISHED
Kabye people NERFINISHED
formalPartitionConfirmed 1919
formalPartitionInstrument Treaty of Versailles NERFINISHED
formerNameInFrench Togoland allemand NERFINISHED
formerNameInGerman Togoland (Schutzgebiet) NERFINISHED
formerTerritoryOf German Empire NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Scramble for Africa NERFINISHED
legacyState Republic of Ghana NERFINISHED
Republic of Togo NERFINISHED
locatedIn West Africa NERFINISHED
mainExports cocoa
coffee
cotton
mandatePower France NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
partitionDate 1916
partOf German colonial empire NERFINISHED
postwarColonialLanguage English NERFINISHED
French
presentIn modern-day Ghana
modern-day Togo
railwayDevelopmentBy German colonial administration NERFINISHED
startTime 1884
statusAfterWWI League of Nations mandate NERFINISHED
statusAfterWWII United Nations trust territory
successorTerritory British Togoland NERFINISHED
French Togoland NERFINISHED
telegraphInfrastructureBy German colonial administration
usedFor export of agricultural products

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West African Currency Board appliesToJurisdiction Togoland region
this entity surface form: Togoland
Volta Region of Ghana createdFrom Togoland region
subject surface form: Volta Region
this entity surface form: former Trans-Volta Togoland