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Dékon

Dékon is a neighborhood of Lomé, Togo.

Dékon
Dékon · JoachimKohler-HB
The place

Dékon is a neighborhood of Lomé, Togo. Although it's one of the business areas of the city, it is also one of the poorest areas, in which child prostitution is common.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Dékon

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Togo National 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.

    1.4 km · Museum in Maritime, Togo · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Sacred Heart Cathedral

    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.

    1.3 km · cathedral · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    National Library of Togo

    The National Library of Togo is the national library of Togo and is located in the capital, Lomé.

    1.4 km · national library · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Hotel 2 Février

    The Hôtel 2 Février is a 102m, 36-story hotel in Lomé, Togo on Place De L'Indépendance street, opened in 1980. It is the tallest building in Togo.

    1.8 km · building in Togo · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Lomé Grand Market

    The Lomé Grand Market is a public market in Lomé, the capital of Togo. It is located near the famous Sacred Heart Cathedral of Lomé, at the heart of the city.

    1.2 km · large market place in the city of Lomé, the capital of Togo · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Q141451109

    The Place des Martyrs is a commemorative square and memorial in Lomé, the capital of Togo. It is used for national remembrance ceremonies, particularly the annual Martyrs' Day on 21 June.

    1.3 km · commemorative square in Lomé · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Independence Monument, Lome

    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.

    1.6 km · monument in Lomé, Togo · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Dékon

Airports
Lomé–Tokoin (LFW), 4 km · Cotonou Cadjehoun (COO), 130 km · Kotoka (ACC), 165 km
  • Cotonou → Dékon
    134 km · quickest by road, 3h 13m · $12–17
  • Accra → Dékon
    170 km · quickest by road, 3h 33m · GH₵105–140
  • Lagos → Dékon
    242 km · quickest by road, 5h · ₦15,100–20,150
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Dékon

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Dékon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundYou can book rides on a motorcycle, tricycle (tuk-tuk), and a range of autos, from basic to luxurious.

From Wikivoyage: Lomé, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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Around it

Next door to Dékon

Dékon is 1 km from Lomé, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.