Editing Lomé (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Lomé Grand Marché with the Cathédrale du Sacré Coeur (33592985581).jpg|thumb|Grand Market of Lomé]]
Located 200&nbsp;km from [[Accra]] and 150&nbsp;km from [[Cotonou]], Lomé has an important port, including a free zone opened in 1968. Phosphates, coffee, cocoa, cotton and palm oil are exported and much of the transit is on behalf of [[Ghana]], [[Mali]], [[Niger]] and [[Burkina Faso]]. The port is also home to an oil refinery and, since 1989, a shipyard.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=26 December 2016|author1=Edmond D'Almeida|date=25 December 2016|title=Reportage : le Chantier naval de Lomé contre vents et marées|url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/mag/379478/economie/reportage-chantier-naval-de-lome-contre-vents-marees/|website=[[Jeune Afrique]]}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> The concession of two container terminals to the Bolloré group gave rise to police custody<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2018-04-29|title=Concessions portuaires à Lomé et Conakry : Bolloré en garde à vue|url=http://www.lemarin.fr/secteurs-activites/shipping/31271-concessions-portuaires-lome-et-conakry-bollore-en-garde-vue|website=www.lemarin.fr|date=24 April 2018 }}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> and indictment of Vincent Bolloré in France in April 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|author1=|title=Vincent Bolloré mis en examen pour "corruption" dans l'affaire des ports africains|periodical=La Tribune|date=24 April 2018|issn=|url=https://www.latribune.fr/economie/france/vincent-bollore-mis-en-examen-pour-corruption-dans-l-affaire-des-ports-africains-776747.html|access-date=2018-04-29|pages=}}.</ref>

The city produces building materials, including cement from the German group, [[HeidelbergCement]].

However, the political instability that began in the 1990s and continues today has severely affected the country's tourism sector. In 2003, the country received 57,539 visitors, an increase of 1 per cent over 2002. 22% of tourists came from [[France]], 10% from Burkina Faso and 9% from Benin.