Kévé Explained

Kévé
Other Name:Keye
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Togo
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Togo
Subdivision Name:Togo
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Est:12,000
Pop Est As Of:2009
Coordinates:6.4278°N 0.9245°W
Area Code:337[2]

Kévé (also Keye) is a town and canton with 12,000 residents[1] in southwest Togo.

Between 1928 and 1930, the chief of Keve was arrested by French officials for resisting the French regime.[3] As of 1933, Aleke was chief of the town.[4] The town Keve is located by 50 km from Lome. The cultural celebration of this region is Avezan or Aveza. They plant oil palms in their region cause they produce red oil and palm wine.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TELEPHONIE RURALE AU TOGO . Itu.int . 2015-06-20.
  2. http://www.togotel.net.tg/html/nouvelles_numerotation.php?PHPSESSID=\\\
  3. Book: Locality, Mobility, and "nation": Periurban Colonialism in Togo's Eweland ... - Benjamin Nicholas Lawrance . 9781580462648 . 2015-06-20. Lawrance . Benjamin Nicholas . 2007 .
  4. Book: Locality, Mobility, and "nation": Periurban Colonialism in Togo's Eweland ... - Benjamin Nicholas Lawrance . 9781580462648 . 2015-06-20. Lawrance . Benjamin Nicholas . 2007 .