Dapaong (also known as Dapaongo or Dapango) is a city in northern Togo, lying near the border with Burkina Faso. It is a market town and has a small museum. The market town is a medieval phenomenon. ... A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ...