The grassland between the lower Volta and the Togo hills and the sand-bar coast of the Keta lagoon.
The Ewe who later held it (Anlo on the coast, Ho, Peki and Kpando inland) trace their coming to the dispersal from the walled town of Notsie under the harsh king Agokoli, placed in the seventeenth century; Wikipedia, citing Appiah and Gates, says archaeology suggests some ancestors of the Ewe were present in their present homelands from at least the thirteenth century. On 1 January 1200 the inhabitants of these plains are not known.
Who holds it
- Title
- Not known
- Since
- Not known
- Confidence
- low
Where the sources disagree
- Notsie (Notsé) itself lies east of the Togo hills on the next map; its founding date is not given in what we read.
Evidence: Tradition puts the Ewe arrival centuries later; the earlier population is unrecorded.
On the map: Inhabitants in 1200 not known; drawn as the plains west of Lomé.
Sources and studies
- Ewe people (Wikipedia, citing Appiah and Gates 2010)
- Researcher's general knowledge of the ethnography and linguistic geography of Ghana and Togo (present-day distributions), used only to place peoples whose 1200 seats are not recorded
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.