Founded by tribes from the
Nile Valley and after a transition through Oyo (
Nigeria), Ketou (
Benin), Adja Tado (
Togo) ,Dogbo and Notse. Notse is the last stage of Ewe migrations around the 15th century.To protect his people from enemies and slave raiders, the chief built an imposing mud wall called "
Agbogbo" 14,5 km whose remains are still visible in places. In the seventeenth century, following an internal crisis as a result of oppressive rule by
Togbe Agorkoli I (Agor Akorli), the Ewe revolted and fled south , east and west to neighboring
Ghana (now
Volta Region) and Benin. Those who remained founded the six original quarters (Alinou, Agbaladome (Agbanadome), Adime Ekli, Tegbe and Kpedome) which have district chiefs, notables of the chief Superior who is today
Agokoli IV. Notse is also the
pineapple capital. The name Notse is a distortion of the word
NOIN the leader of the group OUPE, who says "we stay here" in the Ewe dialect. Nuatja is a distortion of the same name by the
German colonizers. Notse is located 100 km north of
Lome. It is part of the Plateaux Region of which
Atakpame is the chief town. ==References==