Shama District
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| ISO 3166 code | GH-WP-SH |
Shama District is one of the fourteen districts in
Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan District. The district assembly is located in the southeast part of Western Region and has Shama
as its capital town.
Demographics
Shama District has a population of about 88,314 people and shares a border with the
Fort San Sebastian, one of the former slaves fort in Ghana where slaves from all over Africa were kept before they were sent to the New World
in the 1600s.
Pra Nye-Eyi Afahye, the festival of the people of Shama Traditional Area, is celebrated in every second week of November. It is a weeklong event and usually commences on Saturday and ends on Sunday of the following week.[4]
Sources
- "Districts of Ghana". Statoids.
- GhanaDistricts.com
References
- ^ Shama District Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Shama". Ministry of Food & Agriculture. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Forts & Castles of Ghana". Easy Track Ghana. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Shama District - Ghana Statistical Service
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