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plants and other fruit trees. There is a paved road to the top that can be travelled by motorbike or car. Most tourists however prefer to take the unpaved footpaths that are used by the local population to commute between the villages and to the fields. These paths cross several streams, and pass by
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The mountain and the surrounding areas were densely covered with rainforest in the past, with strong biological connections from Mount Agou to the rest of the
Atakora chain. Starting from the second half of the twentieth century, strong deforestation has taken place for logging and agriculture,
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In the 2000s there were plans for commercial exploitation of the bauxite deposits on the mountain, which were met with protests from local environmental organisations. In the present day, the summit area is used for communications; the equipment includes an antenna on the mountain top.
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a waterfall. Depending on where one leaves the paved road, the walk to the summit can take from a few minutes to up to 3 hours. There are several check points in the area, and local authorities charge a fee from tourists wishing to climb the mountain.
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associated with considerable biodiversity loss, leaving only patches of original forest on isolated spots along the mountain slopes. Nevertheless, biological research has been done, for example on butterflies (
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village, they made an agreement to buy what can fit into a sheepskin. They then cut a skin in pieces and surrounded the mountain with them. This story is similar to the traditional tale of the foundation of
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that are oriented in North-South direction. Mount Agou is part of one of these massifs which, depending on the scientific classification, is either called the
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troops tried to subdue the area, but were pushed back by the villages on the mountain. For this reason, the mountain is still seen as a symbol of resistance.
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can be seen. These include a French military hospital from World War II. Memorial stones have been laid on the mountain that refer to these periods.
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entered Togo from Ghana through the cocoa fields around Mount Agou. A particularly virulant variant of the virus was called "Agou 1".
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