British Togoland

British Togoland was the western part of the former German protectorate of Togoland, occupied by British and French forces during the First World War. In 1916 the territory was partitioned, with Britain taking the smaller western strip and France the larger east. The League of Nations confirmed the arrangement as mandates in 1922, and Britain administered its share as part of the Gold Coast. After the Second World War the mandate became a United Nations trust territory, still governed from Accra. The trust territory consisted of a northern section and a southern section adjoining the Gold Coast, and its people were represented in the Gold Coast legislature. In May 1956 a plebiscite was held under United Nations supervision, and a majority voted in favour of union with an independent Gold Coast rather than separate statehood. The General Assembly endorsed the result in December 1956, and in March 1957 British Togoland was incorporated into the newly independent Ghana. The territory's boundaries survive in the Volta Region of modern Ghana.