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Togoland, officially the Togoland Protectorate (German: Schutzgebiet Togo; French: Protectorat du Togo), was a protectorate of the German Empire in West Africa from 1884 to 1914, encompassing what is now the nation of Togo and most of what is now the Volta Region of Ghana, approximately 90,400 km 2 (29,867 sq mi) in size.
The German Empire had established a protectorate over Togoland in 1884, which was slightly larger than Ireland and had a population of about one million people in 1914. A mountain range with heights of over 3,000 ft (910 m) runs south-west to north-east and restricts traffic between the coast and hinterland.
Map of Togoland showing delimitation between French and British Togoland: Date: 27 February 2014: Source: File:Togo Deutsches Koloniallexikon, Verlag von Quelle & Meyer Leipzig.jpg+File:Togo political map 2007, CIA.jpg: Author: User:Nostrifikator: Other versions
Czechoslovakia and Togo on the post-war world map. Czechoslovak Togo (Czech: Československé Togo; Slovak: Česko-Slovenské Togo) was a proposed Czechoslovak colony in West Africa. The author of this idea is considered to be the Czech adventurer Jan Havlasa , but sometimes also the Czech orientalist Alois Musil or Emil Holub.
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The French advanced to Porto Seguro and Togo, before stopping the advance when Lomé, the Togoland capital, was surrendered to British forces. The British had sent two officers to Lomé on 6 August with a demand to surrender the colony within 24 hours and invaded Togoland late on 7 August. The Germans left for Kamina and surrendered Togoland up ...
[3] [2] The 1880s saw an intense competition for territory in Africa by the European powers, a process known as the ‘Scramble for Africa’. Germany began taking an interest in acquiring African colonies, signing a treaty with chiefs along the coast of modern Togo in July 1884; France recognised this claim the following year.
British Togoland, officially the Mandate Territory of Togoland and later officially the Trust Territory of Togoland, was a territory in West Africa under the administration of the United Kingdom, which subsequently entered a union with Ghana, part of which became its Volta Region.