Badou

Badou is a town of 24,000 people nestled in the Akposso mountains, in the West Plateau Region. Badou is the capital and the main market of the district of Wawa, a border region specialized in the production of cocoa.

Understand
The inhabitants of Badou are almost all planters, traders or civil servants, and agriculture is the main topic of conversation.

The harvest takes place at the beginning of November and Badou then becomes the center of feverish activity. Farmers come to town with their agricultural products and large trucks leave the Litimé plain loaded with coffee and cocoa in the direction of the capital (Lomé) for export.

Get in
Badou is 230 km north of Lomé. Follow N1 north to Atakpame, and then turn west. At Temedja, turn northwest towards Badou.

Do

 * Ovazu, the traditional harvest festival, is celebrated the second Saturday of December.

Go next

 * The Ghana border is about 10 km from the city with several official border crossings.