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Shiare is a village mountain settlement in the Breast Mountains in the Oti region of Ghana. The Oti Region is in the northern part of the Volta Region. Shiare is a part of Nkwanta South Municipal District. It is noted that the village settlement is nine centuries old. [citation needed] It is north of the Oti Region in Ghana. The village is ...
The Assin Praso Heritage Village in Ghana is a historical site where the British and Ashanti Kingdom clashed during the Anglo-Ashanti Wars. [4] Located by the Pra River, it’s known for battles and the death of King Osei Tutu I. The site includes remains of a British military outpost and trees where enslaved Africans were held before being ...
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The Oti Region is much drier than the rest of the southern areas of Ghana, due to its proximity to the north. The vegetation consist of mostly of grassland, especially savanna with clusters of drought-resistant trees such as baobabs or acacias. Between December and April is the dry season.
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Nalerigu was the capital of the Mamprugu Kingdom, one of the earliest known states in the northern area of what is now present-day Ghana. [4] During the 16th century, a series of walls was built by Naa Jaringa using stones and mud all around the town.
The Northern Region, spanning approximately 25,000 square kilometers, stands as Ghana's Second largest region by land area. It shares borders with the North East Region and Savannah Region to the north, and Oti Regions to the south, and neighboring countries, including the Republic of Togo to the east and La Cote d'voire to the west. [5]
In the 18th century, the village was called Timeema meaning "Let's build" in the local dialect. Satanbla who was a hunter discovered the place and built a trend. He was later joined by others from the Wulugu village because of how fertile the land was. The people who joined him would ask "how much to build" and Satanbla would say "Timeema".