Direction Générale des Douanes

Direction Générale des Douanes is a public building in Togo which is located on 517 Avenue de Sarakawa. Direction Générale des Douanes is situated nearby to the government office Direction des Douanes de Lomé, as well as near Commissariat des douanes.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Togo National Museum and Independence Monument.

Togo National Museum

Museum

Togo National Museum is the national museum of Togo, located in the capital of Lomé. Founded in 1975, it features cultural and historical exhibits. The museum showcases artifacts dating back thousands of years, including musical instruments such as the xalam… Togo National Museum is situated 660 metres northeast of Direction Générale des Douanes.

Independence Monument

Monument

Photo: twohundred 2010, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Independence Monument in Lomé, the capital of Togo, was built as a tribute to the country's independence from France on 27 April 1960. It features a white bust of a woman holding up a cooking pot, in front of a silhouette of a figure holding up their arms as if they were breaking chains that shackled them together. Independence Monument is situated 520 metres north of Direction Générale des Douanes.

Lomé Cathedral

Church

Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Sacred Heart Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lomé, one of the seven Catholic church districts of Togo. Built in just over a year by the German colonial authorities, it quickly became one of the iconic buildings of the new capital of Togo. Lomé Cathedral is situated 1¼ km east of Direction Générale des Douanes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lomé and Aflao.

Lomé

Photo: Dominik Schwarz, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. With a population of almost 2.2 million, the city is the economic and cultural center of the country. Around a quarter of the country's population lives here.

Aflao

Photo: Enock4seth, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Aflao is a coastal town in Ghana bordering Togo. While east of the Togolese side of the border the city is the capital, Lome, the once-called "Pearl of West Africa", the Ghanaian town is a typical African border town built solely to service the movement of people and goods.

Denu

Town

Photo: Enock4seth, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Denu is a small town which is the capital of Ketu South Municipal, a district on the south-eastern corner of the Volta Region of Ghana, next to Aflao the border town with Togo. Denu is situated 8 km west of Direction Générale des Douanes.

Direction Générale des Douanes

Type: Public building
Address: 517 Avenue de Sarakawa, BP: 353
Category: government building
Location: Togo, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude

6.12537° or 6° 7′ 31″ north

Longitude

1.21528° or 1° 12′ 55″ east

Operator

Ministère de l’Economie et des Finances

Open location code

6FR346G8+44

OpenStreetMap ID

node 631737244

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=public_building

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