Agomé-Yoh or Agomé-Yo is a

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lese commune in the

Kloto Prefecture Kloto is a prefecture located in the Plateaux Region of Togo. The prefecture seat is located in Kpalimé. It is home to the Château Vial. The prefecture covers 508 km2, with a population in 2022 of 145,986. Cantons A canton is a type of ...

, in the southwest of Togo in the Plateaux region. It is situated in the center of the Missahoé protected forest, neighboring Missahoé and near

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. The commune is close to Togo's most visited waterfall, Kamalo Falls, and remains the seat of the traditional authority of the Agomé people. Additionally, on the road leading to Missahoé, there are archaeological remains from the German colonization period.

Toponymy

The place is named after the Agomé people, to which was added a variety of trees found on the site upon their arrival, the "Yoti" trees.

History

Settlement

The commune is located on the land of the Agomé people, a sub-group of the

Ewe people The Ewe people (; , lit. "Ewe people"; or ''Mono Kple Amu (Volta) Tɔ́sisiwo Dome'', lit. "Between the Rivers Mono and Volta"; ''Eʋenyígbá'' Eweland) are a Gbe languages, Gbe-speaking ethnic group. The largest population of Ewe people is in G ...

, from whom it takes its name. Before their arrival in the 18th century, the area was inhabited by the Tové Ahoundjo, who migrated after the Agomé arrived. It is one of the five towns in Togo where the Agomé are the majority, and the first one they populated. Thus, although the nearby commune of

, formerly Agomé-Kpalimé, became more significant from the 18th century onwards, the center of Agomé power is located there, and they retain the supreme chieftaincy of their people.

Colonization

The commune was visited and traversed by German explorers who visited the region with a view to

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. One of the chiefs of Agomé-Yoh, Togbui Tsally Kokou Senyo, played a significant role in the struggle for Togo's independence.

Post-colonial Togo

The chief, Togbui Tsally, later became an important supporter of the Gnassingbé regime and continued his activities, such as organizing

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s and ceremonies]in the community. There are still archaeological remains from the German colonization along the road connecting Agomé-Yoh to Missahoé. The commune was later incorporated into the grouping of communes "Kloto 3". Coffee and Cocoa bean, cocoa cultivation is very widespread around the commune.

Climate

In 2013, the region's

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fall varied between 1400 and 1800 mm, with 2 to 3 months of

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each year. The maximum temperature recorded at that time was 34 degrees, and the minimum was 18 degrees.

Hydrography

The commune is located near Kamalo Falls, the most visited

waterfall A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in seve ...

in Togo.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Agome Yoh Populated places in Plateaux Region, Togo Cities in Kloto (prefecture)