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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 ...
Pages in category "Villages in Ghana" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Adoagyiri; Afari, Ghana;
During the colonial era, the British ruled the Gold Coast (which is now considered modern day Ghana) through indirect rule. [4] Under such a system, the chiefs upheld customary law, but did not have resources or power to uphold decisions if they faced opposition from their people, which made chiefs reliant on the British to help enforce their rulings. [4]
Sirigu is a Town in the Upper East Region of Ghana. [1] It is about 800 kilometers from the capital Accra. It is well known for its basketry, pottery, traditional architecture, and wall paintings. [citation needed] The people of Sirigu trace their ancestry to Zecco in present-day Burkina Faso. The town is made of five major communities ...
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.
The town is under the jurisdiction of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and is in the Nhyiaeso constituency of the Ghana parliament. [1] The town has one of the biggest wood villages in Ghana that was inaugurated by the former President of Ghana John Agyekum Kufuor.The wood village includes the construction of sheds, access roads, electricity and reliable water supply on 12.35 hectares.
The village of Nkroful was once under the Western Nzema Kingdom, which dates back to 1470. It is now under the Eastern Nzema Traditional Area. Kwesie Kutuah was the first known chief of the village in 1911. [3] [4] As of 2023, the family head of Nkroful is Abusuapanyinli Senza Erzah and the Chief of Nkroful is Nana Kwasi Kutuah V. [5]
Agbozume is the traditional capital of the Somey Ewes. They were the original people of Keta. Awanyedor and Akaga who were sons of Torgbui Wenya- the founder of Anlo State, left Anloga to found Keta as a fishing village. The Danes later built a fort in Keta (Fort Prizenstein = Prince’s stone Fort) after the Sagbadre War of 1784.