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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;
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".
The city of Accra, capital of Ghana, is officially divided into five geographical regions: North, West, East, Central and south - and eleven sub-metropolitan areas: Osu Klottey, Ablekuma North, Ablekuma South, Ayawaso Central, Ayawaso East, Ayawaso North, Ayawaso West, La, Okaikoi North, Okaikoi South, Abossey Okai, and Ashiedu Keteke.
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.
The remains of fortified trading-posts, erected between 1482 and 1786, can still be seen along the coast of Ghana between Keta and Beyin. They were links in the trade routes established by the Portuguese in many areas of the world during their era of great maritime exploration. [3] Asante Traditional Buildings: Ashanti Region
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 ...
Saglemi Housing Project (also known as the Saglemi Affordable Housing Project) is a public housing project located in Prampram in the Ningo Prampram District in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. [1] The Ghana Home Loans Company were to provide mortgage arrangements for the housing units to be sold to employees. [2] [3]